<p>Here are a couple articles that relate to this discussion.</p>
<p>The editorial is titled “Fix the PhD” with a subtitle “No longer a guaranteed ticket to an academic career, the PhD system needs a serious rethink.”</p>
<p>[Fix</a> the PhD : Nature : Nature Publishing Group](<a href=“http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v472/n7343/full/472259b.html]Fix”>Fix the PhD | Nature) </p>
<p>[Education:</a> The PhD factory: Nature News](<a href=“http://www.nature.com/news/2011/110419/full/472276a/box/3.html]Education:”>Latest science news, discoveries and analysis)</p>