Ph.D. students rethink the tenure track, scope out non-academic jobs
Source: newscenter.berk Posted By: Bill 4264 days ago
The holy grail for Ph.D. students has traditionally been a professorship at a prestigious university, the reward for years of rigorous research, frugal living and a hard-earned collection of published journal papers. But in a sign of changing times, many Ph.D. students today are looking for jobs outside the halls of higher education, as tenure-track faculty positions at campuses nationwide become scarcer in a tight job market.
Enter “Beyond Academia,†the first career conference at the University....