Links About Academia

"How and Why Government, Universities, and Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers" , "No jobs for economics graduate", "Strange bedfellows (Does academic life lead to divorce?)" and "The Four Stages of Burnout" I guess I could suggest these additional resources for that page: https://www.mastersdegree.net/how-long-does-it-take-to-get- a-masters-degree/ http://www.studying-in-us.org/earning-a-postgraduate-degree- in-the-united-states/ https://www.mastersdegree.net/mba-career-options/ http://www.studyblog.org/gap-year-important-future-career/

Graduate School?

Definition of Graduate School (everything2.com)
Keep it simple, stupid (Rob Bossio, sci.research.careers)
Beware: "Loving science" is not the same as being a scientist (Frank Heasley, sci.research.careers)
Should I go to graduate school? Short answer: no. (Timothy Burke)
Notes on the PhD Degree (Douglas Comer)
School Days (Philip Greenspun)
What about academia? (Slashdot)
Chemistry careers (Kimberly Seefeld, misc.jobs.fields.chemistry)
Caveat Lector (Dorothea and David Salo)

Academic Politics and Reform

Survey on Doctoral Education and Career Preparation (Chris M. Golde and Timothy M. Dore)
The Big Crunch (David Goodstein)
What will steady state academic physics look like? (Patricia Schwarz, sci.physics)
Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers
Re-Envisioning the PhD
Mentors and Tormentors in Doctoral Education (David Damrosch, Chronicle of Higher Education)
Disciplined Minds: A Critical Look at Salaried Professionals and the Soul-Battering System that Shapes their Lives (Jeff Schmidt, Review by Andi O'Conor, Education Review)
UNIVERSITY SECRETS: Your Guide To Surviving a College Education (Robert Honignman)
The Lab that Fell to Earth (Brendan Koerner, Wired)
Why should children have to learn science? (Christie Davies, The Social Affairs Unit)
The Dangerous Myth of Grade Inflation (Alfie Kohn, Chronicle of Higher Education)
Higher Education's Meta-Profession (Raoul A. Arreola, The Department Chair)
Graduate Student Abuse (UCLA)
The Near Enemy of the Humanities is Professionalism (Lisa Ruddick, Chronicle of Higher Education)

Attrition Issues

The Hidden Crisis in Graduate Education: Attrition From Ph.D Programs (Barbara Lovitts and Cary Nelson, Academe)
Is Attrition Important, and Why? (Claudia Mitchell-Kernan)
Thinking of Leaving? (By Degrees)
Doctor Dropout (Scott Smallwood, Chronicle of Higher Education)
Exit Interview: Why People Quit Archaeology (K. Kris Hirst, About.com)

Health Issues

Pursuit of the Ph.D.: Is it good for your health?
Straight Talk about Graduate School (Dorothea Salo)
A Tale of Graduate School Burnout (Dorothea Salo)
Grad school burnout (Dorothea Salo, alt.support.childfree)
Conversations with Satan? (Ken Zuroski, sci.med)

Career Planning and Management

Why Very Few People Need a Ph.D (Richard. A. Lawhern)
Discouraged Job-Seekers Cite Crisis in Science Career Advice (Robert Finn, The Scientist, Free Registration Required)
Thinking about Graduate School in Astronomy? Another View. (Don Barry)
Contemporary Problems in Science Jobs (Art Sowers, sci.research.careers)

Shortage Myths

Piled Higher and Deeper (Edward Rubenstein, via Art Sowers, sci.research.careers)
The Science Manpower Shortage...Myth or Reality? (The Scientist)
Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage (Norman Matloff)
Is There a Shortage of Scientists and Engineers? How Would We Know? (William P. Butz, et al, The Rand Corporation)
Do We Need More Scientists? (Michael S. Teitelbaum, The Public Interest)

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