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At the start of every talk that I give on the academic and post-academic job market, I state that in a decades long reality in which only 5-35% of PhDs (depending on field) will get tenure track jobs, the so-called … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ph.D. Poverty
It’s offer season, and negotiations are underway. I have written a lot about negotiating tenure track offers; here are some links: Part VII of my book, on Negotiating OK, Let’s Talk About Negotiating Salary Will My Offer Be Rescinded If … Continue reading
An email I received earlier this year. If you are confronting a similar situation, remember that my post-ac team can help, and the initial consult is completely free. ~~~~~~~~~~ At this point, I am giving up. This interview was my … Continue reading
“I’m glad it’s sunny out today. Because it sure is dark in here.” So said a grad student during the Q and A following my talk last week at the University of Oregon. The talk, “Hacking the Academic Job Market,” … Continue reading
Remember my Ph.D. Debt Survey (who could forget it?) — my crowdsourced google spreadsheet from 2014, of volunteered reader debt information from their undergraduate and graduate studies? (It’s still open–feel free to add your own info using the form)* It’s … Continue reading
by Anonymous, Ph.D. Given that the vast majority of faculty members now teach off the tenure track, landing one of these coveted positions feels like winning the academic lottery. Before accepting my current tenure track position, I was actually fortunate … Continue reading
by Russ Burgos In August 1994, at age 31, I started graduate school in the hope (widely shared) of becoming One Who Professes. In May 2015, at age 52 and stuck in the adjunct life like a bug on flypaper, … Continue reading
The book inches closer to actually existing in the material world (August 4)! It has gotten some lovely blurbs by amazing people, like this one by the inimitable Rebecca Schuman: “If you would like your academic career to begin in … Continue reading
This post is by Honey Smith (pseudonym), a staff writer for the personal finance blog Get Rich Slowly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By the time I finished my PhD program in rhetoric and composition, I was geographically bound by my partner’s job — … Continue reading
This guest post is co-written by two veterans of the VAP-front who know whereof they speak. All too painfully. A followup from one of them: “One of these co-authors is taking another VAP because she hates herself.” This piece was … Continue reading