Need Help Regarding Major Selection -- Long Post Alert

ucbalumnus
Sun, 01 Nov 2015 05:02:48 +0000

juillet:

Philosophy is one of THE most messed-up academic fields right now. Most people who begin a PhD in philosophy will never become full-time, tenure-track professors of philosophy.

Isn’t that true for all fields? A faculty member at a research university supervises a dozen or few graduate students to PhD completion, meaning that s/he produces far more PhDs than will be needed to replace him/her when s/he retires. So most will not become tenure track faculty at research universities. Yes, there are some who become faculty at LACs and other colleges and universities. But probably most will have to find employment elsewhere.