institute for the public life of arts and ideas /newsroom/taxonomy/term/11308/all en Life after (and during) a PhD – a project designed to change expectations & the culture of the academy /newsroom/channels/news/life-after-and-during-phd-project-designed-change-expectations-culture-academy-297765 <p>For the past four years a cross-Canada project developed by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ University, <a href="http://tracemcgill.com">TRaCE</a>, has been gathering stories and data about life after (and during) a humanities PhD.</p> <h3>The goal?</h3> <p>To shift the expectations of PhD students away from a single-minded focus on a future in academe (since only about 30% will end up with tenure-track jobs) and give them a sense of a range of satisfying possible careers.</p> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:59:21 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 168556 at /newsroom