Too Many PhD Graduates or Too Few Academic Job Openings: The Basic Reproductive Number R[subscript 0] in Academia

Too Many PhD Graduates or Too Few Academic Job Openings: The Basic Reproductive Number R[subscript 0] in Academia

The academic job market has become increasingly competitive for PhD graduates. In this note, we ask the basic question of 'Are we producing more PhDs than needed?' We take a systems approach and offer a 'birth rate' perspective: professors graduate PhDs who later become professor...

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Main Authors: Ghaffarzadegan, Navid (Contributor), Xue, Yi (Contributor), Larson, Richard Charles (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division (Contributor), MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Wiley Blackwell, 2015-01-29T20:03:23Z.
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