New hiring at Emory/Oxford = larger admitted classes will continue?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Emory University
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https://www.glassdoor.com/job-listing/assistant-professor-tenure-track-cell-biology-development-and-neuroscience-emory-university-JV_IC1155583_KO0,74_KE75,91.htm?jl=2794223611

https://jobs.sciencecareers.org/job/483892/assistant-professor-of-chemistry-2-positions-/

https://chroniclevitae.com/jobs/0000419161-01

The additional hiring in biology at Oxford and neurobiology and chemistry at Emory suggests that the recent trend of admitting larger classes at Oxford and Emory may continue.

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Or they desperately need more professors as others approach retirement.

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That’s not happening at Oxford College at the moment - biology department retirements I mean.

I think what’s driving the Oxford biology hiring are:

  1. increased enrollment in recent classes
  2. Biology 141QW/Biology 142QW sequence are very popular
  3. Biology 141QW/Biology 142QW sequence enrollment per section is capped at around 25 students so they're very teaching intensive.
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@BiffBrown @emorynavy : retirements definitely affect ECAS, plus there is a push to further enhance research infrastructure. I suspect the enrollment growth (unless anymore miscalculations by the admissions office and enrollment management occur) will wane soon. I don’t know what is going on, but it seems enrollments in various general/intro. STEM classes are only as high or slightly lower than previously despite them attempting to allocate a higher number of seats (altogether, when all sections are summed, not necessarily per section) in anticipation of higher enrollments.