Slim Majority of History PhDs Hold Tenure-Track Jobs

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The study, jointly produced by Maren Wood and Robert Townsend, is generally positive about the job prospects of history PhDs. Of the nearly 2,500 PhDs for whom data was collected, only two were actually unemployed, and, as the authors dryly noted, no PhDs “occupied the positions that often serve as punch lines for jokes … as baristas or short-order cooks.” - See more at: http://hnn.us/article/154100#sthash.VW4XcXGg.dpuf