The 10,000 PhDs project at the University of Toronto: Using employment outcome data to inform graduate education.
Journal
PloS one
ISSN: 1932-6203
Titre abrégé: PLoS One
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101285081
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2019
2019
Historique:
received:
06
04
2018
accepted:
13
12
2018
entrez:
17
1
2019
pubmed:
17
1
2019
medline:
24
9
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The purpose of the 10,000 PhDs Project was to determine the current (2016) employment status of the 10,886 individuals who graduated from the University of Toronto with a PhD in all disciplines from 2000-2015. Using internet searches, we found that about half (51%) of the PhD graduates are employed in the post-secondary education sector, 26% as tenure-track professors, with an additional 3% as adjunct professors and 2% as full-time teaching-stream professors. Over the time-period 2000-2015 there has been a near doubling in PhD graduates with the biggest increase in graduation numbers for the Physical (2.6-fold) and Life Sciences (2.2-fold). Increasingly, these graduates are finding employment in the private and public sectors providing the highly qualified personnel needed to drive an innovation economy.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30650157
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209898
pii: PONE-D-18-10129
pmc: PMC6334897
doi:
Types de publication
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e0209898Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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