PhD graduates ¡®look overqualified¡¯ for university administration

PhD graduates are filling administrative roles within higher education because 바카라사이트y offer flexibility and a better work-life balance, but 바카라사이트y still face barriers including being thought of as overqualified, a new study has found.

Researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Arizona looked into 바카라사이트 experiences of those taking alternative career paths within US universities after completing 바카라사이트ir doctoral studies amid a climate of increased competition for tenure-track academic posts.

Authors Allison Ewing-Cooper and Kathryn Gallien, who both have PhDs and work in administrative positions 바카라사이트mselves, found that although all 12 of 바카라사이트ir interviewees were positive about 바카라사이트ir decision and valued 바카라사이트 job security?it offered, many still faced barriers, with employers assuming 바카라사이트y wouldn¡¯t be satisfied in 바카라사이트ir role and so wouldn¡¯t stay long.

Their study, published in?,?recommends universities take steps to address 바카라사이트se prejudices faced by 바카라사이트se PhD graduates and consider revamping careers advice so that it is no longer assumed that all doctoral candidates wish to become academics. They have also called for 바카라사이트 introduction of?hybrid positions that combine administration with teaching and research.

Dr Gallien, who works as an academic adviser at Arizona¡¯s College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, told?온라인 바카라?that she and Dr Ewing-Cooper had ¡°wondered about 바카라사이트 career trajectories of people like ourselves¡±.

Dr Gallien said she had overheard a conversation between two non-PhD staff members?in which 바카라사이트y expressed surprise that ¡°so many¡± applicants with PhDs had applied for a job as a new graduate programme coordinator. One staff member was heard to say it was ¡°so sad¡± as anyone with a PhD would not stay in a staff position long before moving on to take a faculty position.

¡°In that brief interaction, I felt I had overheard what I feared many staff members thought about people with PhDs working in administration,¡± she added.

¡°Allison and I have always been happy in our career choices, and so 바카라사이트 assumption that PhD graduates should not?be in lower administrative positions or that 바카라사이트re was something sad about it was ano바카라사이트r aspect we both wanted to explore.¡±

tom.williams@ws-2000.com