tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post4247417378244699336..comments2024-03-28T17:13:01.117+10:00Comments on Condensed concepts: Postdocs are not junior facultyRoss H. McKenziehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09950455939572097456noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-12592252739222168602019-02-05T01:54:36.738+10:002019-02-05T01:54:36.738+10:00Another data point: This approach seems to be heav...Another data point: This approach seems to be heavily entrenched in UK universities. (It's almost certainly one of the background reasons why the 14 days of industrial action over pension arrangements last year got widespread support.)DDOwennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439168179960787195.post-29850201794687132272019-02-02T02:56:10.222+10:002019-02-02T02:56:10.222+10:00I will give a specific example to highlight one of...I will give a specific example to highlight one of Ross' observations. My large engineering department graduates ~35 PhDs per year and we hire ~2 new tenure-track faculty. Fortunately, our PhD graduates are in strong demand for excellent industry/national lab positions. <br /><br />But the calculation is a little more subtle than those numbers might suggest. At top programs (at least in the US were I have experience), departments typically supply more PhDs to the academic job market (by having their graduates hired somewhere) than they absorb (by hiring people directly). <br /><br />Nevertheless, the general observation that only a small fraction of PhDs will go on to be research-oriented university faculty is a fixed "feature" of our university and R&D systems.Prof. Shollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478272124748674635noreply@blogger.com