Science PhD Career Preferences: Levels, Changes, and Advisor Encouragement

Science PhD Career Preferences: Levels, Changes, and Advisor Encouragement

Even though academic research is often viewed as the preferred career path for PhD trained scientists, most U.S. graduates enter careers in industry, government, or "alternative careers." There has been a growing concern that these career patterns reflect fundamental imbalances between the supply of scientists seeking academic positions and the availability of such positions. However, while gov...

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Take me where I want to go: Institutional prestige, advisor sponsorship, and academic career placement preferences

Placement in prestigious research institutions for STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) PhD recipients is generally considered to be optimal. Yet some doctoral recipients are not interested in intensive research careers and instead seek alternative careers, outside but also within academe (for example teaching positions in Liberal Arts Schools). Recent attention to non-acade...

Career Advisor Expert System Based on Myers Briggs Personality Assessment

The knowledge of what career to specialize in could be a late discovery for adults who have traded their youthful years through several professions/vocations but found no fulfillment. On the other hand, it could be a strenuous exercise for children and youths who are exposed to different academic areas. The aim of this project is to develop a career-advisor expert system based on Myer-Briggs Pe...

Building and Sustaining a Diverse Faculty: Implications for Faculty Advancement and Reward Systems

Even though academic research is often viewed as the preferred career path for PhD trained scientists, most U.S. graduatesenter careers in industry, government, or ‘‘alternative careers.’’ There has been a growing concern that these career patternsreflect fundamental imbalances between the supply of scientists seeking academic positions and the availability of suchpositions. However...