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The Best of Our Knowledge #1581 "The World Needs A New PhD"

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Bob Barrett

Published January 7, 2021 at 2:00 AM EST

Every year students around the country work hard, sacrifice and study to earn their PhD. But is earning that ultimate degree worth it?
Today on the Best of Our Knowledge, we’ll hear from a pair of professors who think the PhD as it currently exists is a relic that needs to be rebuilt from the bottom up.
We’ll also spend an Academic Minute trying to keep teachers.

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Bob has been a part of the WAMC family since 2001. He currently produces and hosts National Production's The Best Of Our Knowledge. Over the years, Bob has produced The Environment Show and The Health Show for National Productions and hosted weekend mornings on WAMC for a decade. In addition to producing TBOOK, he is currently a reporter and on air host at WUWF Public Radio at the University of West Florida in Pensacola.

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