June 30, 2009

It's Tough Out There for New Ph.D.'s, but Some Colleges Give Graduates a Leg Up

By Lee Roberts

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Life is going well for Todd Wolfson. He just finished graduate school at the University of Pennsylvania, and already he's landed a tenure-track teaching job in journalism and media studies at Rutgers University.

You might think he's the embodiment of the academic dream, in which the struggle to earn a Ph.D. has long provided an entree to a fulfilling academic career. But Mr. Wolfson is not typical. He earned two doctorates, in communications and education, at an Ivy

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