Tag: applications
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Increased Philosophy Grad Program Applications?
There have been informal reports from people at various universities indicating that there are substantially more applicants to their philosophy graduate programs than in…
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U. Chicago Philosophy Suspends PhD Admissions This Year
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Chicago has made an announcement concerning applications to its PhD program this year.
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What Should Search Committees Initially Ask For?
A reader draws my attention to the advertisement for an assistant professorship in philosophy at Duke University as an example of the problem of schools…
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Job Materials as PDFs Please
“Job candidates should submit their materials as PDFs. References should absolutely do the same with their letters. That is the end of my TED…
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A New Model for Conducting Job Searches in Philosophy?
“We typically get around 300 applicants. In our first pass through those applications, we read one and only one thing by every single candidate:…
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Data About Your Own Writing
Are you curious about your use of words and phrases in your writing? If so, you can play around with the text analysis tools…
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When Personal Statement Instructions Differ
A student who is applying for admission to PhD programs in philosophy has noticed that at some universities, what the university’s graduate school asks applicants…