New Study: Small Percentage of Ph.D.s End up Employed as FT Profs
by Becky Rynor Graduates themselves are often unsure of where to look for opportunities outside academe. Valerie Walker admits it wasn’t so long ago that she was “that grad student” wondering what the heck she was going to do if she didn’t stay in academia. After graduating in 2009 with a Ph.D. in physiology from McGill University, she said she was “open to options.” She just didn’t know what those options were. “I really enjoyed research and teaching and communicating knowledge, whether to undergrads in a class or to other academics at conferences,” recalled Dr. Walker, who now serves as director […]