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...

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Other Authors: Rather, Dan,, Big Media., Infobase,
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Big Media, [2013]
Distributed by Infobase,
Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (46 min., 17 sec.)) : sound, color.
Series: Dan Rather reports on higher education.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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)