PhDs in non-faculty careers
In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Maren Wood suggests that institutions should be more intentional about preparing PhD students for the possibility of non-faculty or non-teaching careers. Maren鈥檚 first suggestion is especially salient and recommends, in part, While there are graduate students who decide that an academic career is not for them, most say their first objective is a faculty career. There is no way to know who will or won鈥檛 be successful on the academic job market, so all students should be encouraged or required to take professional courses. ...