#PhDs

Chris Cornthwaite, PhD

How do we change outcomes for advanced degrees, esp PhDs? How do we reshape our understanding of higher ed and what we're training for? Here's what I believe...@academicchatter #phdlife 1/

For social distancing, the govt tells airlines to run at 40% capacity. They run 40% of the flights at 100% capacity !! But on paper, the rule has been met.

Time for a truth bomb. PhDs are a pyramid scheme in America. There are far more PhD training spots than tenure track faculty positions for them for when they graduate

Zara (on hiatus)

To people with PhDs and postdocs justifying the absence of robust disability solidarity in HE because of how complex disclosure: you know this doesn’t justify me and 10+ PhDs had

Aadita Chaudhury

ThylacineReport

Possibly unpopular opinion: PhD students are expected to finish their degrees within a particular time frame. Most struggle with this not because of time management or some other inadequacy but

This is now my academic fantasy: Biden actually follows through on his pledge to make community college free. Enrollment spikes, spurring massive hiring to cover burgeoning classes. Because many PhDs

Mimetic Contagion

Most child prodigies peak in high school, spend their young adult years trying to fit in, then end up as middle aged midwit middle managers.Corollary: the highest achieving high school

ℍ𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕚 𝔾𝕦𝕝

So- you're finishing your PhD in a pandemic....what's next? (while the university sector is in collapse). Geartful for @ResourcefulHDR for organising and @thesiswhisperer for the public service! #AcademicChatter Latest

Jennifer Polk, PhD

Let's suggest some PhDs working outside academia for grad students to follow.The more you interact e folks doing things in the world that aren't the standard things you imagine PhDs

Seth Bannon 👨‍🔬

In labs right now are researchers working on innovations that can cure disease, end malnutrition, fix the climate crisis, connect the world.But scientific innovations don’t solve problems on their own.

moses moon: $thotscholar 🍒🚲 🏳️‍🌈

I don't see a lot of "non-traditional" scholarship from non-academics (I'm talking college educated scholars) under a lot of these hashtags about citing folks. Including those directed toward Black women.

Jonathan Malloy

Some PhD programs are suspending admissions, as advocated by many for years because of the lousy academic job market. The @chronicle says this will “help the programs devote funding to

Its true there's no comprehensive list of "PhD jobs." However there are certain career paths or areas that are more readily available as job opportunities directly out of grad school,

Petri Dish: The 'Wash Yo Hands' Podcast

Since this is around the 1 year anniversary of my exiting #phdlife, I've got some stuff on my mind about what getting a PhD is like and maybe some stuff

Ali Lawson, ABD

What I would love to read right now is a list of things that PhDs really appreciate about life after grad school. Big things, small things, surprises...I'm just looking for

Rebecca Futo Kennedy 🏛️ 🏺

1/ There have been lots of threads about the job market and Ivy PhDs recently, one of them discussing why Ivies don't get jobs at 'teaching' schools. The suggestion was