Humanities Ph.D.s today face a critical challenge: finding creative ways to translate their doctoral training into careers beyond academia.
The academic job market is undergoing a significant transition. Recent studies show a steep decline across disciplines in the current percentage of Ph.D.s pursuing tenure-track positions, reaching as low as 25 percent in some fields. An internal study at Johns Hopkins University indicates similar trends among those in the humanities, finding that “70 percent of Ph.D. students in humanities and social sciences fields […] are more interested in industry careers than academic positions.”
Institutional support for this transition, however, is often lacking. The question then, is: How do we better support humanities Ph.D.s in securing and thriving in such nonacademic roles? Read full article here.
