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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

Choose Your Adventure

Victoria McGovern offers advice to help graduate students cultivate an interdisciplinary mindset.

By Victoria McGovern

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

Behold: The Administrative Postdoc

Administrative postdoc positions offer advantages for Ph.D.s looking to transition into a range of career paths, Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg write.

By Alex Yen and Anne-Charlotte Mecklenburg

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Deep Dives

The Doctoral Dilemma

More than half of those who earn Ph.D.s now decide to leave academia after graduation. Why, then, do so many graduate programs still assume their students will become professors?

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Opinion
Career Advice Carpe Careers

Preparing Proactively for a Postdoc

These are some actions a Ph.D. student can take to pave the way for a positive postdoc experience, Chris Smith writes.

By Chris Smith

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Faculty Academic Freedom

Déjà Vu: An LSU Law Professor Who Discussed Trump in Class Faces Blowback

A faculty member says the university suspended him from teaching for a lecture that mentioned President Trump and criticized Louisiana governor Jeff Landry’s public calls to punish a colleague over similar allegations.

Quick Takes

U of Tennessee Pays Student Who Faced Expulsion $180K

The University of Tennessee is paying one of its pharmacy graduates $180,000 and giving the Foundation for Individual Rights and...