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Found this: https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-if-you-didn-t-get-your-ph-d-at-an-elite-university-good-luck-finding-an-academic-job htt
by dsq 5y ago
Found this:
https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-if-you-didn-t-get-your-ph-d-at-an-elite-university-good-luck-finding-an-academic-job https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-i...
Basically it states that most tenured positions are filled by PhDs from the top programs.
Lower tier schools have far fewer future professors.
- hatmatrix 5y agoIs this the right link? https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-if-you-didn-t-get-your-ph-d-at-an-elite-university-good-luck-finding-an-academic-job.html https://slate.com/human-interest/2015/02/university-hiring-i... Anyway, is that still true? Nowadays you have to do one or more postdocs, and lower tier schools can feed newly-minted PhDs into postdocs at a top tier school, who then go onto faculty positions. There are a significant number students who don't do as well in high school, university coursework, but excel in research and are able to differentiate themselves when they make it into a research program.
- dsq 5y agoI've got to remember to "copy link address" and not "copy link text"...thanks! Yes, my subjective impression is that a successful post doc at a top name university will do a lot.