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After the PhD: A Study of Career Paths, Job and Training Satisfaction Among PhD Graduates from an Italian University

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The aim of this chapter is to offer an initial presentation of the results from a survey conducted by the University of Pavia on its PhD graduates. Information was gathered regarding professional career paths chosen, job satisfaction and their doctorate experiences.

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Notes

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    At the time this chapter is going to press, few national initiatives to study the effectiveness of doctorate programs have been realized (e.g. by the University consortium STELLA) or planned (e.g. by the National Institute for Statistics – ISTAT).

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    By including them in its standard reports and awarding them maximum publicity on the web site: http://nuv.apnetwork.it/attach/file/presentazionedottori.pdf.

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Acknowledgment

I would like to thank Stefano Govoni, all the other members and the staff of the Nucleo di Valutazione of the Pavia University, not only for having accepted this evaluation activity so enthusiastically, but also for having believed in it, for the support given, and for the use of the results that we have promoted. I also acknowledge the help of Francesca Pozza for the analyses and the work of Nicoletta Parise who, although busy in other fields, organized and supervised the survey and performed the checks and the first analyses on the data with the highest level of professionalism. All responsibility for content and conclusions stated within this chapter and for all possible mistakes are attributable to the author only.

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    Stefano Campostrini

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Campostrini, S. (2011). After the PhD: A Study of Career Paths, Job and Training Satisfaction Among PhD Graduates from an Italian University. In: Attanasio, M., Capursi, V. (eds) Statistical Methods for the Evaluation of University Systems. Contributions to Statistics. Physica-Verlag HD. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-2375-2_14

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