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Post-PhD precarity

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Jo VanEvery Leave a Comment

We know that to get an academic position you need to publish from your dissertation. It would be helpful to at least have a good idea of where your research program is going to go next. If you can get started on that next project, even better. Competition is stiff. Even institutions that don’t have […]

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PhD programs are not career training

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Jo VanEvery 2 Comments

A degree may be necessary but it is never sufficient

There is no job for which an educational qualification is enough to get you hired.

There is no job for which an educational qualification provides all the necessary skills and knowledge.

A degree, whatever it is, is always but one piece of a complex puzzle.

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Why do sessional teaching? You need the experience

Posted on August 3, 2010 by Jo VanEvery 5 Comments

An excellent reason to do sessional teaching…
You need the experience

If you are going to make a career as a scholar in higher education, you are going to need to demonstrate that you can teach courses in your field.

It matters what course you have the opportunity to teach, though. This is also where the difference between being a TA on a course and actually teaching a course makes a difference.

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