[lacey]

I recall reading an article several years ago where they pointed out that 50% of PhD candidates in Biology who were surveyed were hoping for tenure track positions in academia. The other 50% expected to go elsewhere. Of the 50% wanting a tenure-track position, the expectation was that there were enough positions available for 1/6th of them.

[pfdietz]

My daughter has had a strong interest in biological subjects, but when we talked about careers some years back we both agreed that going for a PhD would be a bad move. She was more interested in medicine, and that's turned out to be a much better career path.