Re-envisioning the PhD: Re-envisioning Project Resources: Ph.D. Career Resources


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	Alumni Survey	Ph.D. Vignettes

1995-2001 UW Alumni
(Residing in the Puget Sound area) Survey

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Professional Development Activities: Summary and Analysis

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Table 1: Activities ranked by extent to which they were provided

Activity	Provided	Particularly Helpful	Not Provided	Desired
Dissertation Planning/Writing	52.1%	48.9%	47.9%	46.9%
Publishing Experience	50.5%	71.7%	49.5%	50.2%
Pedagogical Training	40.8%	55.6%	59.2%	23.8%
Interdisciplinary Work	40.4%	56.2%	59.6%	22.0%
Mentoring	37.4%	56.4%	62.6%	32.4%
Technology Training	30.3%	65.1%	69.7%	29.7%
Opportunity to Participate in Governance	29.4%	26.4%	70.6%	11.3%
Grant Writing	27.0%	62.5%	73.0%	54.8%
Vita Preparation for Academic Career	25.6%	34.9%	74.4%	48.7%
Cross-cultural/International Experiences	22.9%	47.8%	77.1%	15.5%
Diversity in the Workplace	19.7%	26.3%	80.3%	9.2%
Externships/Internships	19.1%	64.6%	80.9%	18.2%
Resume Preparation for Non-Academic Career	14.1%	42.3%	85.9%	40.5%
Leadership/Management Training	10.9%	61.8%	89.1%	38.2%
Civic Uses of Scholarship	3.4%	35.3%	96.6%	19.3%

Table 2: Activities ranked by extent to which they were viewed as helpful

Activity	Provided	Particularly Helpful	Not Provided	Desired
Publishing Experience	50.5%	71.7%	49.5%	50.2%
Technology Training	30.3%	65.1%	69.7%	29.7%
Externships/Internships	19.1%	64.6%	80.9%	18.2%
Grant Writing	27.0%	62.5%	73.0%	54.8%
Leadership/Management Training	10.9%	61.8%	89.1%	38.2%
Mentoring	37.4%	56.4%	62.6%	32.4%
Interdisciplinary Work	40.4%	56.2%	59.6%	22.0%
Pedagogical Training	40.8%	55.6%	59.2%	23.8%
Dissertation Planning/Writing	52.1%	48.9%	47.9%	46.9%
Cross-cultural/International Experiences	22.9%	47.8%	77.1%	15.5%
Resume Preparation for Non-Academic Career	14.1%	42.3%	85.9%	40.5%
Civic Uses of Scholarship	3.4%	35.3%	96.6%	19.3%
Vita Preparation for Academic Career	25.6%	34.9%	74.4%	48.7%
Opportunity to Participate in Governance	29.4%	26.4%	70.6%	11.3%
Diversity in the Workplace	19.7%	26.3%	80.3%	9.2%

Table 3: Correlation of activity provided to its helpfulness

Activity	Provided Rank	Particularly Helpful Rank	Var.
Dissertation Planning/Writing	1	9	-8
Publishing Experience	2	1	1
Pedagogical Training	3	8	-5
Interdisciplinary Work	4	7	-3
Mentoring	5	6	-1
Technology Training	6	2	4
Opportunity to Participate in Governance	7	14	-7
Grant Writing	8	4	4
Vita Preparation for Academic Career	9	13	-4
Cross-cultural/International Experiences	10	10	0
Diversity in the Workplace	11	15	-4
Externships/Internships	12	3	9
Resume Preparation for Non-Academic Career	13	11	2
Leadership/Management Training	14	5	9
Civic Uses of Scholarship	15	12	3

Table 4: Correlation of activity desired to its lack of being provided

To what extent were activities that were desired not available? For example, if a particular activity that was not available to most of the respondents was stated that it would have been helpful by most of the respondents, that would represent the greatest mismatch between desire and provision. In the chart below, the "Desired Rank" is in order of desire (most desired = rank 1) and the "Not Provided Rank" is in order of most often not provided last (= rank 15).