Adapting to the Job Market: Graduate Programs in Speech Communication.

Autor/in	Berg, David M.
Titel	Adapting to the Job Market: Graduate Programs in Speech Communication.
Quelle	(1981), (13 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Career Counseling; Career Development; Doctoral Degrees; Doctoral Programs; Employment Opportunities; Graduate Students; Higher Education; Job Skills; Job Training; Labor Market; Public Relations; Speech Communication; Teaching (Occupation) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Berufsentwicklung; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Doktorandenprogramm; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Produktive Fertigkeit; Berufsqualifizierender Bildungsgang; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; Public relation work; Öffentlichkeitsarbeit; Teaching; Lehrberuf
Abstract	The percentage of speech communication doctoral graduates employed full time and the percentage working in academic institutions have declined considerably since 1968. The glut of humanities doctorates appears to present three courses of action: increase undergraduate enrollments, decrease graduate enrollments, or increase nonacademic employment opportunities for doctorates. Increased college costs and reduced financial aid are likely to adversely affect the first option. The current, modest downward trend in the number of speech doctoral programs supports the second option, since the best way to increase the marketability of doctoral graduates in speech is to decrease their supply. There is still skepticism from both academic and business communities as to the prospects of humanities doctorates finding employment in business and industry, but a number of institutions have developed counseling and placement procedures aimed at helping graduate students find jobs in nonacademic settings. Such programs include workshops on job searching and interviewing techniques, and putting students in contact with recruiters for leading corporations. Most speech faculty members believe that heavily research-oriented graduate programs are the best sort of training for the nonacademic as well as the academic job market. (HTH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC