Career Advice in U.S. Academia's Moment of Crisis

Dr. Karen Kelsky, author of “The Professor Is In”, reflects on the second edition of her career advice book for PhDs and the state of academic career advising more generally. Her comments are especially timely in the context of the current turmoil confronting American higher education. This is a copy of a post published in the Epistimi blog series at: https://www.epistimi.org/blog/career-advice-in-us-academias-moment-of-crisis

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-12-09
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17115525
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Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
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Career Advice in U.S. Academia's Moment of Crisis

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Abstract

Dr. Karen Kelsky, author of “The Professor Is In”, reflects on the second edition of her career advice book for PhDs and the state of academic career advising more generally. Her comments are especially timely in the context of the current turmoil confronting American higher education. This is a copy of a post published in the Epistimi blog series at: https://www.epistimi.org/blog/career-advice-in-us-academias-moment-of-crisis

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
University of Notre Dame (US), ETH Zurich (CH), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (CH), Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (CH)
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Openalex Percentile: Top 27%
Doctoral Education Challenges and Solutions
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