Jobs & Careers: Where You Going With That Education PhD?
There's a long, fascinating article in a print only magazine called n+1 about how MFA programs have grown into a viable and distinct career option for writers and literary lovers -- an alternative to the traditional world of publishing with its own career path, social centers, etc. It's excerpted in Slate here.
This made me wonder if the same sort of divide has developed in the education world between traditional ed schools and all the think tanks / research firms (I'm including the labs and other research centers not linked to universities) that we see everywhere. It seems like the think tanks and freestanding research firms continue to proliferate despite all our questions about the quality of their work and that a freshly minted PhD might consider them a viable alternative, especially if there are no tenure track positions
