https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2013/03/01/a-different-diversity/ Culture, Politics, Academia and Other Shiny Objects Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:23:32 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2013/03/01/a-different-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-53132 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:23:32 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2275#comment-53132 Unfortunately some people are kinda forced to get a PhD. For instances, I am a psychologist. If I want to practice psychotherapy in the US, I must have a PhD. Which kinda sux.. There are many many countries where we do not need a PhD to be a psychotherapist..

]]> https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/blog/2013/03/01/a-different-diversity/comment-page-1/#comment-52649 Sat, 02 Mar 2013 21:48:56 +0000 https://blogs.swarthmore.edu/burke/?p=2275#comment-52649 A secondary problem is that people (even Toby Miller) need PhDs if they’re going to teach. And it’s not just employers who fight shy of people with varied records. Many elite graduate programs in history–to stick with the field I follow from the inside–have also become more conservative in their admissions policies than they were back in the day, when they had more places per year and committed fewer resources to each student.

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