Doing graduate school at your undergrad school

[jmilton90]

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If I were hiring in my (humanities) department and saw a CV from a candidate with a bachelors degree and a doctorate from the same institution, I would conclude that the candidate was both ill-advised and narrowly trained. (And perhaps couldn’t get into any other PhD programs.)

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<p>Professor X, are most humanities departments that fast at making those presumptions? Academia is so harsh nowadays.</p>