from problems to solutions: recruiting, training, and placing history phds in non-faculty careers
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From Problems to Solutions: Recruiting, Training,
and Placing History PhDs in Non-Faculty Careers
American Historical Association
January 4, 2015
Number of New History PhDs and Advertised Job Openings,
1970–71 to 2012–13
AHA Job Ads
History PhDs
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1973–74 1977–78 1981–82 1985–86 1989–90 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2009-10 2013-14
AHA Job Ads
History as % of All Degrees
0.0%
0.5%
1.0%
1.5%
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
3.5%
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
All
Und
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rad
Deg
ree
s
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pe
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gs
Alignment of Jobs and Undergraduate Students
AHA Job Ads
Average Age
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
Avera
ge
Ag
e
Jo
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Alignment of Jobs and Demographics
History PhDs and Departments, 1901 to 2010
PhDs
Departments
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
200
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
1901-10 1911-20 1921-30 1931-40 1941-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000
2001-10
Depart
ments
PhD
Recip
ients
Average Number of Applications to PhD Programs
in Conference, 2007 and 2012
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
CIC Schools Ivy League schools Pac12 Schools SEC schools
2007
2012
Average Number of Matriculations into PhD Programs
in Conference, 2007 and 2012
0
5
10
15
20
25
CIC Ivy Pac12 SEC
2007
2012
Median Number of Years to PhD, by Field, 2003 to 2012
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Years
in P
rogra
m
History
Humanities
Social sciences
Physical sciences
Humanities Indicators, 2014 · American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Median Number of Years Spent in Phase of Doctoral Studies
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Humanities Engineering Life Sciences Physical Sciences Social Sciences All Fields
Years
Courses/Exams Dissertation
Humanities Indicators, 2014 · American Academy of Arts &
Sciences
'04 '06 '08 '10 '12
All Fields'04 '06 '08 '10 '12
Social Sciences
'04 '06 '08 '10 '12
Physical Sciences
'04 '06 '08 '10 '12
Life Sciences'04 '06 '08 '10 '12
Humanities
Institutional Priorities in Preparation of PhD Students, 2001
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
ResearchUniversities
Other 4-YearColleges
HistoricalSocieties/Sites
Government Business
High Priority
Moderate
Low/Not a Priority
Areas of Employment for All History PhDs, 2013
2-Year Non-tenure Track3.1%
2-Year Tenure Track2.4%
4-Year Non-tenure Track14.7%
4-Year Tenure Track50.6%
Other Employment24.2%
Retired1.1%
Deceased1.1%
Not found2.8%
Field Specializations of Jobs and PhDs, 2012 and 2013
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
Africa Asia Latin America Middle East Europe North America
Junior FacultyOpenings, 2012-13
New PhDs,2011-12
Employment of History PhDs by Field Specialization, 2013
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Research Univ. 4-Year 2-Year K-12 Other(Business/Gov't)
Public History
Africa
Asia
Latin America
Europe
North America