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A brief to a Harvard University History Department workshop on "What Is the Future of the History PhD."
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Disciplinary Inertia and the History Ph.D.
Harvard, History DepartmentCambridge, Massachusetts
April 23, 2013
Past Efforts to Reform or Reimagine the History PhD
Integration of New Media
Engagement with Digital Tools by History Faculty, 2010
Digital Humanists; 4.3%
Active Users; 68.9%
Passive Users; 24.4%
"Avoiders"; 2.4%
Source: AHA Survey of Research and Teaching, based on responses from 4,182 faculty members at four-year colleges and universities in the United States, Spring 2010.
Technology Activity of Historians by Age Cohort, 2010
Under 45 46 to 65 Over 650%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%Digital Humanist
Active User
Passive User
Avoider
Why Not Publish Online? (2010)
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Will not publish on-line
Interested, but not yet published
E-books for Reading and Reviewing, 2012
Currently Reading E-books Willing to Review E-books0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Yes No
Maybe
Technology Activity of Historians by Age Cohort, 2010
Under 45 46 to 65 Over 650%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%Digital Humanist
Active User
Passive User
Avoider
Why Publish Online?
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Considering Publishing On-line
Have Published Online
Graduate Training and the Academic Job Market
Approximate Track of Doctoral Student Cohort over 10 Years
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Year 6 Year 7 Year 8 Year 9 Year 100%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
Student
Transitional Employment
Tenure Track Appointment
NonAcademic Employment
Will Not Finish
Average Years since New PhDs Completed Undergraduate Study
1881* 1900 1920 1940 1958 1979 1990 20120
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
Number of New History PhDs and Advertised Job Openings, 1970–71 to 2012–13
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 19 2 2 2 2 2 20
200
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1000
1200
1400
AHA Job Ads
History PhDs
History PhDs and Departments, 1901 to 2010
1901-10
1911-20
1921-30
1931-40
1941-50
1951-60
1961-70
1971-80
1981-90
1991-2000
2001-10
0
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
10,000
12,000
0
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PhDs
Departments
Ph
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ecip
ien
ts
Dep
art
men
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Average Number of Applicants and Doctoral Students in History PhD Programs, 2006 to 2012
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 20130
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Avg. # Applicants
Avg. Doc-toral Stu-dents
Movement of Graduates from Two History Doctoral Programs to Academic Employment in 2011
Type of Employer of History PhDs, by NRC Ranking of Program
Top-Quartile 2nd Quartile 3rd Quartile 4th Quartile0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%Univ. w. High Research Activ-ity
Other Coll. or Univ.
Non-faculty Employment
Ranking of Program that Conferred Degree
Areas of Employment for History PhDs, 2013
2-Year Colleges5.4%
4-Year Colleges and Universities
65.3%
Other Employment24.2%
Retired1.1%
Deceased1.1%
Not found2.8%
Areas of Employment for History PhDs, 1979
2-year College5.6%
4-year College/University73.0%
Other Employment20.3%
Other/Not Reported1.1%
Areas of Employment for 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%
Institutional Priorities in Preparation of PhD Students, 2001
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
High Priority
Moderate
Low/Not a Priority
Employment of History PhDs by Field Specialization, 2013
Research Univ. 4-Year 2-Year K-12 Other (Business/
Gov't)
Public History0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%Africa
Asia
Latin America
Europe
North Amer-ica
1970
-71
1972
–73
1974
–75
1976
–77
1978
–79
1980
–81
1982
–83
1984
–85
1986
–87
1988
–89
1990
–91
1992
–93
1994
–95
1996
–97
1998
–99
2000
–01
2002
–03
2004
–05
2006
–07
2008
-09
2010
-11
2012
-13
2014
-15
2016
-17
2018
-19
2020
-21
0
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600
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1000
1200
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AHA Job Ads
For additional data and information:
See the AHA web site at http://www.historians.org/info/AHA_Data.cfm
and visit my new home at http://HumanitiesIndicators.org
And feel free to e-mail me at [email protected] with questions.
