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Wendy Wood: It’s Time We Trained Students for Diverse Careers in Psychological Science
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Wendy Wood: It’s Time We Trained Students for Diverse Careers in Psychological Science
FromUnder the Cortex
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Length:
9 minutes
Released:
Aug 24, 2023
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Podcast episode
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Psychology PhDs have skills broadly relevant for teaching, industry, and government. They are integral to producing basic research and evidence-based solutions for policy and industry. Only about half of psychology PhDs are hired in academia, but psychology graduate training in the United States has largely retained the classic graduate training model of a direct path to an academic job. It's time to change that, says APS President Wendy Wood.
Released:
Aug 24, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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