That is the primary advice of all the humanities faculty that I know. However, should they insist, at least they would hopefully not end up in th eadjunct death march.
I think that providing alternative careers to think of before they start is the second best advice that they can get, the best being @Shelby_Balik’s advice above.
And after they start, even if they continue to nurse dreams of an academic career, they should continue to identify and develop transferable skills.
There are some programs (and their numbers are increasing) that support students’ efforts to prepare themselves for alternative careers. There are others that can’t conceive of their students in any sort of jobs other than the tenured R1 university positions their mentors hold.
Yes, it is very much frowned upon in some departments, despite the fact that it is entirely unrealistic for many, if not most, of the the PhDs they’re churning out to find tenure track jobs. That’s why it is sometimes totally on the student to develop their own plan B, not only with little support, but sometimes active discouragement (or even shaming).
The discussion of the wisdom of a PhD in humanities is best left for another thread IMO
Have you thought about some sort of blue check mark indicating that a someone is the real deal? For example, the President of UTulsa has “School Representative” next to his name. On the UCSB pages, ccsfaculty has been very helpful, but doesn’t have anything after their name. There is a person whose username is CalPolySLO. I can’t tell if they are a student or school representative.
I can reach out and ask. If they are School Reps and want to I can vet them as official School Reps. Thanks for letting me know, @lkg4answers!
Well, I do have my doctorate in nursing education I guess.
Seeing this a bit late, but there are a number of us here who are professors. We’re a disparate group in terms of the colleges and universities we work at, but a group AMA could be worthwhile at some point, perhaps about succeeding academically once you’re in college.
Former moderator here from long ago!
I’ve long since transitioned into the video games industry and have had a long and successful career in a variety of topics in gaming. Would love to help future games industry folks navigate the ins and outs!
@UCLAri, I’ve sent you a PM.