‘One-third of PhD recipients work in higher education’

By Judy Siegel-Itzkovich. This phenomenon encourages the brain drain and indicates the failure to take advantage of the abilities of highly trained manpower. Only a third of those who have earned doctoral degrees in Israel are employed by the universities and colleges, according to a survey conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics for the National Council for Research and Development in the Science, Technology and Space Ministry and released on Monday. This phenomenon – that a third of people with advanced degrees do not find a place for their research abilities in the job market – encourages the brain drain and indicates the failure to take advantage of the abilities of highly trained manpower. Read more...