Is it worth getting a PhD in education?: AskAcademia.
The question is if someone has a PhD is it easier for that person to get a job? Also is it really worth your time and money in the long run? Btw I am going to be doing electrical and electronic engineering.
The PhD in finance asks that you commit considerable time and expense in order to get your degree. For many people, the question is whether or not that investment is worth it.
Ph.D. programs in education are usually best suited to education professionals currently employed in public and private schools, government agencies, community agencies and professional associations.
The letters after my name ( AB, AM, MS, PhD ) just mean I know some terrific stuff. It's the knowledge I can carry around with me that counts. After you get out of graduate school is another story. I have worked in public and private education, government research, private business and for a little while, ran my own consulting company.
Oh goodness thank you all! I assumed the answers would all be nah, no institution would see the value of someone so old doing a PhD. I have a first degree and a masters, and the area I would passionately like to study in is a microsm of my masters and relates to what I have spent the last 25 years doing, but going forward if I became an academic it would be quite a career change, if that makes.
PhD study in Japan is relatively affordable and there are plenty of funding options for international doctoral students. PhD fees In national universities, the PhD tuition fees for pursuing a doctoral programme in Japan are fixed by the Ministry or by local authorities for public universities.
The shortage of academic jobs relative to PhD candidates leads some to say fewer people should do a PhD. But that is a complete misunderstanding of the purpose of higher education.