Chapter 1554 Crazy Pleasures In The Dark:>Ep92

• There was also a lot of discussion, a number of topics we just wanted to share, or get the other's view of. Part of it was her future, she really wanted to teach at the university long term and for that she needed a terminal degree. The days when a person could spend a 30 year career as "staff" were over. At the time, both of us were thinking about the type of PhD I had, which took 3 to 10 years at a large university doing a dissertation. She had most of the prep classes already, but she considered the dissertation a daunting obstacle. (It was, that was the idea.)
• We did not consider other options. Your PhD teachers and your dissertation is what defines your whole career, you really need to get one from the highest quality research school possible. Getting a less rigorous low quality degree (there were a few options, such as an EdD or a law degree) limits you to teaching at even lower quality schools, that is just the way it is.
• Now she had a presentation credit coming which might result in a serious publication. She had three more in process, one with Dryden, one with me and one solo. She was positioned to succeed - if she got that terminal degree.