Humanities PhD Graduates: Desperately Seeking Careers?

Autor/inn/en	McAlpine, Lynn; Austin, Nichole
Titel	Humanities PhD Graduates: Desperately Seeking Careers?
Quelle	In: Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 48 (2018) 2, S.1-19 (19 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0316-1218
Schlagwörter	Graduate Students; College Graduates; Humanities; Foreign Countries; Employment Patterns; Employment Experience; Job Satisfaction; Job Security; Time to Degree; Financial Support; Training; Career Choice; Teaching (Occupation); College Faculty; Tenure; Job Training; Incidence; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Geisteswissenschaften; Humanwissenschaften; Ausland; Beschäftigungsstruktur; Occupational experience; Job experience; Work experience; Berufserfahrung; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Finanzielle Förderung; Ausbildung; Teaching; Lehrberuf; Fakultät; Amtszeit; Beschäftigungsdauer; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Vorkommen; Kanada
Abstract	National and international statistics show that across disciplines there are many more PhD graduates than academic positions. In fact, more than half of graduates find their careers outside the academy--though the kinds of positions they accept, their work satisfaction, and the relevance of their PhDs is much less clear. As regards scholarly studies on post-PhD careers, most have examined social scientists and scientists with little attention to humanities doctoral graduates. This study addresses this gap by exploring the career experiences of Canadian PhD humanities graduates through descriptive statistics and narrative analysis. Specifically, it highlights the PhD experiences and post-graduation career trajectories of 212 Canadian humanists from 24 universities who graduated between 2004 and 2014. The study offers insight into humanities career challenges, including during the PhD, the range of non-academic careers that humanists find, as well as their work satisfaction and the perceived relevance of the PhD. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education. P.O. Box 34091, RPO Fort Richmond, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5T5, Canada. Tel: 204-474-6404; Fax: 204-474-7561; e-mail: csshe@cc.umanitoba.ca; Web site: http://journals.sfu.ca/cjhe/index.php/cjhe/index
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01