Let me suggest a somewhat different tack to this never-ending string. Perhaps the analysis should not be of who is either not being hired or having difficulty being hired but rather of who IS being hired - and people are being hired by museums. What talents, skills, experiences, expertises, etc. do they have? How might museum studies programs create more competitive candidates, if there are perceptible differences? The museum industry of 1998 is measurably different from when I first encountered it in the early 60s. The progressive museums (the survivors) are hiring very different people from when I began. There seems to be a message there. So, as a profession, let's not be training people to drive steam engines when jets are the preferred mode of transportation. Mac West Informal Science, Inc. Washington, DC