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"...the number of awarded PhDs is significantly outpacing the available positions1, 2, fiscal pressures have slowed the growth…
"...the number of awarded PhDs is significantly outpacing the available positions1, 2, fiscal pressures have slowed the growth…
A new type of initiative is empowering graduate students and postdocs to reshape their academic training, providing another…
A new initiative at Washington U at St. Louis (WUSTL) is empowering graduate students and postdocs to reshape their academic…
PhDs vs. Jobs | Nature Biotechnology | http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2706.html
PhDs vs. Jobs | Nature Biotechnology | http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2706.html
PhDs vs. Jobs | Nature Biotechnology | http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2706.html
Avete presente quando leggete "La sostanza x uccide tutte le cellule del cancro"? Oggi Antanas Karalius, dottorando al KTH di…
WATCH IN HD WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES! Today Antanas Karalius, PhD student at the KTH institute in Stockholm, will explain us how…
Non è molto incoraggiante, vero? Il confronto tra il numero di persone che ricevono il titolo di dottore e il numero di…
The missing piece to changing the university culture : Nature Biotechnology http://ow.ly/3y5F8Z
Doctorates awarded versus new faculty jobs http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html nature.com
I imagine the numbers look similar for poli-sci, and can confirm that the prospects feel as dismal. http://www.nature.com/nbt/jo…
Retweeted Max Roser (@MaxCRoser): Why it is so hard to get a job in #academia in one graph. 12 PhDs for each faculty position.
Now there's you problem, your grad student thingymabob isn't hooked up to your job whatzis. www.nature.com
Connecting PhDs with local companies to solve problems. Anothe initiative to get PhD's knowledge outside university research/teac…
Those of you in the academy might find this interesting. I actually think this is particularly in the social sciences and…
An article of interest about Science PhD careers. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/full/nbt.2706.html
Do we need to change our graduate programs to adapt to the reality that not all PhDs end up in academia? About time... http://ww…
Very interesting case study of a nonprofit organization that partners grad student
Read this before starting a PhD: "The number of Science
Dear People of Scientia, some sad truth here! I don't want to discourage anyone to get a PhD, but be aware that a career in…
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html I knew the data, but graphs have a way of crystalizing…
New faculty positions versus new PhDs - thids is the picture for Science and Technology. N oreason to believe it is different…
Sergül Aydöre I wonder how much science will progress in the next 20 years with all of these talented people having to stay…
Careers and Recruitment nature biotechnology NUMBER 10 OCTOBER 2013 The missing piece to changing the university culture …
This graph says it all... (via http://theconversation.com/thanks-academia-soon-i-will-join-a-generation-of-jobless-phds-22019)
This graph kinda shows why PhD is pretty much fucked.
Wow. Absolutely no connection between new science PhD's and new faculty positions. #academiafail
http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html Well this is a downer...
I see
Thanks Frederick: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html
Tell your advisor you need a nonacademic job: Nature Biotech. study shows only 5,000 univ. STEM jobs for 36,000 Ph.D.s in 2011.
An exciting new initiative...nice to see graduate students shake things up a bit!
Interesting and scary graph. Number of awarded PhDs is rising constantly, number of faculty positions is not.
fantastic article about the Career and Recruitment Challanges we are facing today at the Universities. Also why so many Pi:s…
Número de doutorados vs número de posições de faculdade por ano nos E.U.A. Não penso que seja assim tão diferente em grande…
Nature says that STEM programs need to prepare grads for alternatives to academia.
See.. the huge ....competition...
One in eight is not too bad of a chance. Right, Ciro, Angelo, Thomas, Anna, Valentin, Znorra?
Here is another article on the theme of career preparation for PhDs. We agree with the authors' sentiment that "top-down…
That's where the challenge is...
This is a long - but very interesting article about the disconnect between Ph.D's and the jobs available in Academia - and the…
How PhD holders feel?
Quiere un PhD? Unos números crudos.
There was a time when I strongly considered going back to school long enough to get a PhD so I could teach at a university.
Everyone thinking about their academic future should understand the pros and cons of graduate degrees. thanks @madi turcotte…
Ocena parametryczna zależy od LICZBY nadanych stopni doktorskich. Awans na stanowisko profesora - też. Przy założeniu, że w…
O potrzebie zmian w kształceniu doktorantów w "Nature Biotechnology".
That's the reason why I don't even think about it.....
W "Nature Biotechnology" artykuł o potrzebie zmian w kształceniu doktorantów wobec niemożności pomieszczenia wszystkich w nauce…
This explains quite a bit of what we are seeing
As if they mean that the industry doesn't require huge numbers of PhDs...
New faculty positions versus new PhDs. Since 1982, almost 800,000 PhDs were awarded in science and engineering (S
Higher Ed is an institution at the edge of implosion. We churn out Ph. D.s with no real chance of gaining posts, use them as…
Li Gu hard mod on
Over-educated, under-employed.
Food for thought... Topic seems even worse when looking at the big picture...
Empowering graduate students to reshape their academic training, providing another avenue to express their passion for research…
Preocupante, não? Se bem que eu acho que se você faz bem a sua parte, vai conseguir seu lugar ao sol, em algum momento, em…
probabilmente applicato all'italia il grafico darebbe risultati ancora peggiori, con le due linee ancor più radicalmente…
A very good one.
Heads up, aspiring philosophers of science... what would be a nice complement is a graphic on growth (or lack thereof) of non-aca…
This viz on rate of awarded PhDs vs. new faculty position in science
It became pretty obvious that faculty members at research universities could turn out far more Ph.Ds than necessary to replace…
Hace un PhD decian, sera divertido decian ahahahhahahha
"Since 1982, almost 800,000 PhDs were awarded in science and engineering (S
On the importance of a placement record
Food for thought.
The beauty of Academia today..... NOT
Year by year, it becomes harder to get Faculty jobs.
Don't expect to get a full-time teaching job after you finish your Ph.D.
New faculty positions versus new PhDs. Something to keep in perspective. http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2…
oh...
I wonder what the numbers look like in the social sciences. The take home message is the same, however. Students should think…
So the problem everyone has been talking about is nicely quantified - and as sceptical as we are with the insistence to present…
mmmhhhh ouais ça me permet de comprendre certaines choses
Another illustration of the problem of growth that is based purely on profit...
The missing piece to changing the university culture
heather mclean says "no fear" and I agree!
This might be of interest to Jude, David, Peter, Anne, Jim, and some others others.
Y bueh... si nature lo dice, le creemos. No es que sea por experiencia propia...
This link has absolutely nothing to do with MFAs: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n10/fig_tab/nbt.2706_F1.html
Pensando fora da caixinha!
Some perspective on the reality of the academic job market
Supply vs demand in the academic job market is not in pace. This is one basis underscoring why I think it is unethical for…
Why it is so hard to find a job as a prof!
This one graph encapsulates the bottleneck: drastically increasing #s of Ph.D.s awarded, steadily dwarfing the stagnant # of …
L'une des raisons principales sur le pourquoi je n'ai pas fait de PhD
Just an FYI for folks thinking of going down this path...
PhD and job struggle
Amazing! 90% of PhDs are working outside the academic culture. Keep it up
Pourquoi former tant d'universitaires pour si peu de postes...?
Before you decide to go for a PhD, take a good look at the field to see what job prospects are like. Also look at: is there…