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Is the Academy Worth My Future? Pursuing an Academic Career after COVID

The COVID-19 pandemic has seen universities and colleges around the world cut spending, fire tenured faculty, and even close down. With a shrinking job market and highly uncertain prospects, can the academy be a prudent career choice today? What are good and bad reasons for going to graduate school? Is the academy still a suitable place for pursuing the intellectual life? Join us for a panel discussion on these and other questions with Dr. Jenna Storey (Furman) and Dr. Nathaniel Peters.