If you missed the previous post on the Future of the PhD in the Humanities Conference, you can read Part I here. There were a lot of excellent presentations and discussions that I’m skipping over, but I wanted to summarize some of the things I that I felt were important (and useful) as a student.
First, multiple presenters talked about the fact that many PhDs don’t end up working in academia. In fact, these people represent a minority and the issue of PhDs ending up in non-traditional career paths isn’t a new one. Issue might be the wrong word to use – the problem seems to arise not from PhDs being unable to find work outside the academy, but a lack of preparation for these paths during their training.
Michelle A. Krieger 