The Unbearable Opportunity Costs of the Political Science PhD: Evidence and Lessons from Canada.
Limited academic career prospects are pushing PhD graduates in political science and other disciplines to nonacademic careers. Understanding the mismatch between student and supervisor perceptions of doctoral career training is a starting point for suggesting program reforms. This research note exam...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Political Science / Revue Canadienne de Science Politique Vol. 57; no. 4; pp. 939 - 955 |
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Cambridge University Press
FDec2024
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