All teaching staff must hold PhDs by 2021
Egypt Produces More Ph.D.’s Than It Can Hire
Egypt, like many countries, is seeing an increase in the number of university students seeking master’s and doctoral degrees in the hope of securing a prestigious academic post, while the number of such positions is dwindling. More...
Rock’n’roll ou pas, les thésards en sciences de gestion d’aujourd’hui ?
Deux enseignants-chercheurs en école de management se croisent en coup de vent dans un couloir hier matin. Le premier a 38 ans, l’autre quelques années de plus… L’un se passionne pour la psychologie sociale, l’autre fait de la sociologie. Plus...
The Meager Output of Ethiopian Ph.D.s
Ethiopian universities now award more than 500 Ph.D.s every year, up from a low of 21 in 2010-11, but with disappointing results. More...
Fake dissertation scandal taints politicians, academics
Whom Did You Thank in Your Dissertation?
By Scott Jaschik. Jennifer Polk set off an interesting discussion on Twitter by noting that she thanked her favorite band in her Ph.D. dissertation acknowledgments and asking others for unusual thank-you notes they made when finishing their doctorates. More...
Leaving Academe and Lost?
Jennifer Polk and L. Maren Wood give advice for Ph.D.s struggling to find their values and their voice after leaving the academy. More...
Why Your Advice for Ph.D.s Leaving Academe Might Be Making Things Worse
Why Your Advice for Ph.D.s Leaving Academe Might Be Making Things Worse
Erin Bartram, Chronicle of Higher Education, 2018/04/13
This is a follow-up to the Erin Bartram story, the history PhD who couldn't find a position and left the field, writing a letter about her departure that everyone read. I wrote about it back in February. The Chronicle also published a short abridged version of her article. The original is much better and we know this because the comments that follow from the academic crowd that reads the Chronicle are, well, brutal and unsympathetic. More...
Doctorat : nouvelles mesures pour sa reconnaissance et sa valorisation
A l’occasion de la journée nationale du doctorat, le 27 mars 2018, Frédérique Vidal, ministre de l'Enseignement supérieur, de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, a annoncé trois nouvelles mesures pour une meilleure reconnaissance du diplôme de doctorat au plan national et international :
L’inscription des doctorats au Répertoire National des Certifications Professionnelles (RNCP) : cela facilitera l’insertion des docteurs en dehors de la fonction publique et dans des métiers autres que la recherche publique. Cette démarche, entreprise en concertation, a abouti à la création de 22 fiches, qui seront appelées à évoluer et à s’adapter aux transformations des secteurs, des métiers et des activités. Plus...