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Ministers, Not M.B.A.s (essay)
Georgetown University recently announced plans for an English Ph.D. tailored to non-university careers, reflecting ongoing deliberations within the Modern Language Association about what to do about the anemic employment market. (...) - by Johann Neem, October 3, 2014, @insidehighered Via ESR_Info 
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A persistent theme in current discussions about graduate education and its outcomes is the question of whether Canada is “producing too many PhDs.” While enrollments (and numbers of PhD graduates) have increased with the encouragement of policy, more of these grads now struggle to find employment that matches the level and nature of their education – particularly employment in universities, as tenure-track faculty. The situation in Canada is not as dire as in the States where just this week it was reported that three quarters of faculty work as adjuncts, but accounts of under-employed PhDs working as waiters and cab drivers have become more common. (...) - The Global and Mail, by Melonie Fullick, Apr. 12, 2013
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Rui Guimarães Lima's insight:
It's my question too!
JC CAILLIEZ, PhD's curator insight,
April 17, 2013 2:55 AM
Les universités sont-elles en mesure de proposer des postes d'enseignant-chercheurs à tous leurs docteurs ? Certainement pas. Cet article décrit la problématique vue du Canada. Pas de différences notables avec les Etats-Unis ou même l'Europe. Aussi, n'est-il pas temps de se poser les bonnes questions quant à la formation doctorale et ce qu'elle peut apporter en dehors du monde académique ? J'entends par exemple l'innovation en entreprise. Pour cela, il faudra aussi travailler en amont avec les doctorants pour qu'ils n'aient pas uniquement en ligne de mire la carrière académique. |
