The above figure comes from a recent report of The Royal Society -- The Scientific Century: Securing Our Future Prosperity. It shows career trajectories for academic PhDs in Great Britain. I would not be surprised to see a similar pattern in the United States. The fact that only a small fraction of PhDs go on to positions as professors, I was struck by how small that number actually is.
13 May 2010
So You Want to be a Professor?
The above figure comes from a recent report of The Royal Society -- The Scientific Century: Securing Our Future Prosperity. It shows career trajectories for academic PhDs in Great Britain. I would not be surprised to see a similar pattern in the United States. The fact that only a small fraction of PhDs go on to positions as professors, I was struck by how small that number actually is.