Has everyone seen this? Something to follow for sure: The Chronicle launches a project dedicated to finding out who (specifically who) is getting the coveted tenure-track positions that remain in a cross-section of 11 fields (edit: I should note that history is one of these fields). They write:

We’re collecting a wide range of data about each opening: who’s doing the hiring, what subfields or areas of focus they’re looking for, what teaching loads they’ve got in mind, when candidates have to complete their applications, and so on. And we’re doing the same for the folks who land the jobs: We want to know where they studied, what they specialized in, and how far they traveled from their Ph.D. programs or previous jobs to their new destinations.

That’s the real reason for doing this. Nearly every day, we encounter conventional wisdom about the academic job market. There just aren’t any open positions in my field. The secondary market is a black hole. To get a tenure-track job, I’ll have to move to [insert objectionable state here]. A lot of this stuff might very well contain elements of truth. But we want to put some hard data behind those perceptions. We’re working to create one of the very best overviews of the real academic job market, warts and all.

Well, I guess I am curious if anyone else has delved into world system analysis.. I just read Wallerstein's introduction, not a huge fan.

Does anyone have tips for editing and proofreading your own work? How do I keep an open mind about changing things around?