Who would join such a sinking ship?! Isn’t a job at an institution or private sector better at that stage?
They did interview few seasoned people
will they hire this year?
Being a wage slave in the private sector and having your actual work hours monitored is never better than pulling in $250-300k for 10 hours of work per week. Also, at least UMD is near an actual city instead of the desolate wastelands such as Illinois, Penn State, Florida, Iowa, Wisconsin (just thinking of some other state schools that I'd rather be dead than live near). Of course you could pick the fabulous cities of Chicago or Baltimore and get shot on your way to evening classes.