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Originally Posted by reprise85
The other problem is it shouldn't be necessary in a non-science field for a professor to have a PhD. I know it isn't technically a requirement but there's no reason someone like you with a BA shouldn't be able to teach history on a college level if you have the aptitude and knowledge and can prove it. So there's people getting PhDs just so they can teach, that's like the perfect shit circle.
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this is true, but the next issue is that there are just far too many people in the applicant pool for far too few jobs. Even among people with PhDs, it is incredibly hard to be a college professor as you know