PhDon't! Are we Overproducing PhDs? /
President Barack Obama calls for a recommitment to educate scientists and engineers, but there is a surplus of highly qualified PhDs who will never get the jobs they spent over a decade training to do. Dan Rather speaks to PhDs who cannot find full time professor positions, PhDs who decided to make...
| Other Authors: | Rather, Dan,, Big Media., Infobase, |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Big Media,
[2013]
Distributed by Infobase, |
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1 online resource (1 video file (46 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color. |
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Dan Rather reports on higher education.
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| Summary: |
President Barack Obama calls for a recommitment to educate scientists and engineers, but there is a surplus of highly qualified PhDs who will never get the jobs they spent over a decade training to do. Dan Rather speaks to PhDs who cannot find full time professor positions, PhDs who decided to make a career change, and the president of Princeton University who describes why we are overproducing PhDs in this episode of Dan Rather Reports. |
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| Item Description: |
Originally released by Big Media, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 02, 2016. PhDon't! (2:34) -- Brooke Flammang's Story (3:53) -- Supply and Demand (3:41) -- Biomedical Research (3:58) -- All Things Bugs, LLC (3:34) -- Grant Award (2:47) -- More Scientists More Engineers (4:46) -- Interview With Tilghman (2:39) -- Career Path of a PhD (5:13) -- Future of Science Careers (4:23) -- Dream of Curing Disease Abandoned (4:20) -- What the Future Holds (3:11) -- Credits: PhDon't! Are we Overproducing PhDs?: Dan Rather Reports on Higher Education (1:07) -- Science Ph.D. degrees (0:00) Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. President Barack Obama calls for a recommitment to educate scientists and engineers, but there is a surplus of highly qualified PhDs who will never get the jobs they spent over a decade training to do. Dan Rather speaks to PhDs who cannot find full time professor positions, PhDs who decided to make a career change, and the president of Princeton University who describes why we are overproducing PhDs in this episode of Dan Rather Reports. 9 & up. Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. Closed-captioned. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 video file (46 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Format: |
Streaming video file. System requirements: FOD playback platform. |
| Audience: |
9 & up. |
| Access: |
Access requires authentication through Films on Demand. |