| Gary North on getting a PhD in today's market
Academics Without Academia by Gary North Quote:
While my degree is in American history, with my concentration in colonial America, I rarely receive an inquiry about whether a Ph.D. in history would be wise, nor does anyone ask me which specialty or which university.
I have a stock reply to these inquiries.
Why do you want a Ph.D?
What are your career plans?
Is a Ph.D. required for this career?
Why do you think the post-1968 Ph.D. glut is over?
What college wants to hire an Austrian School economist?
Why do you think a college will be looking in 3 years?
Why won't it hire an Ivy League Ph.D.? Or a Chicago grad?
Do you plan to work for a tax-funded school?
If so, why?
There are a series of mistakes in the minds of most would-be Ph.D. students.
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J. B. Atken
John Knox PCA
Layman, M.A. student at Louisiana College
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