Niklas Elmqvist provides a detailed guide for finding and a visualization PhD program:…
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Applying for a PhD program in visualization
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Statistics PhD ranked as best graduate degree
I usually don’t read much into job and degree rankings. The criteria are…
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Why pursue a PhD
Philip Guo provides three practical reasons on why it’s worth pursuing a PhD.…
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PhD gender gaps around the world
Periscopic, for Scientific American, visualized the number of PhDs awarded in various countries.…
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A Survival Guide to Starting and Finishing a PhD
Tips on making it through, what I would tell my previous self going in, and advice on taking advantage of the unique opportunity that is graduate school.
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Ph.D. students rethink the tenure track
Ph.D. students rethink the tenure track. The traditional approach is to get your degree and then look for a professor job. That’s changing though, and more people leave academia after they graduate. I think when I first got into graduate school academia was top on my list, too, but after working with my adviser and other professors, it didn’t seem like a job I’d enjoy.
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Starting a New Stack
There’s a corner of my desk reserved for books, notes, papers, and other…