“They walk into my office every spring, dressed in new suits (the men) or dressy pantsuits (the women). They are prospective graduate students, and they’re nervous. We engage in a few pleasantries, and then I ask them what they want to do with their PhDs. They all reply that they want a tenure-track job at a research university. I then ask them what they know of the academic job market in my discipline (social psychology) …” (more)
[Monica J Harris, Inside Higher Ed, 18 August]