Getting Smart About Higher Education Involves Doing Your Homework
So you’ve gotten the good news: “Overproduction” of Ph.D.s is, by and large, a myth. Many fields are experiencing painful shortages of Ph.D.s. Bioinformatics is one, notes Peter Syverson, vice president of research for the Council of Graduate Schools. “We’re not producing any Ph.D.s in bioinformatics because, every time someone takes two classes, they get hired” by industry, Syverson says.
Nerad also suggests the following checklist:
