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Typically Ph.D.’s will take one or more “postdocs,” as they are colloquially known, before seeking a permanent University position. Fifty-eight percent of employed life-sciences Ph.D.’s entered postdoctoral positions in 1995, more than twice the...
However, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS), which awards Ph.D.’s at Harvard, does not collect data on its alumni after graduation. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW]
John M. McNally, the assistant dean in charge of Harvard’s life sciences graduate programs, says the departments have recently sought to provide alternative career guidance.
CORRECTION: The Dec. 13 news article "Ph.D.s Ditch the Lab" incorrectly stated that the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences does not collect data on alumni employment after graduation. In fact, the school conducts a survey of its former students three years after graduation.
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS) Michael D. Smith formally announced the appointment of science historian Allan M. Brandt as dean of the University’s largest graduate school, the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).The appointment ends an eight-month search that began...