So What Are You Going to Do with That?: Finding Careers Outside Academia by Susan Basalla, Maggie Debelius
- So What Are You Going to Do with That?: Finding Careers Outside Academia
- Susan Basalla, Maggie Debelius
- Page: 160
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9780226038827
- Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Overview
Graduate schools churn out tens of thousands of Ph.D.’s and M.A.’s every year. Half of all college courses are taught by adjunct faculty. The chances of an academic landing a tenure-track job seem only to shrink as student loan and credit card debts grow. What’s a frustrated would-be scholar to do? Can he really leave academia? Can a non-academic job really be rewarding—and will anyone want to hire a grad-school refugee? With “So What Are You Going to Do with That?” Susan Basalla and Maggie Debelius—Ph.D.’s themselves—answer all those questions with a resounding “Yes!” A witty, accessible guide full of concrete advice for anyone contemplating the jump ...