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The 7.2% national faculty vacancy rate is one of the leading factors limiting the capacity of nursing schools, and more than 80% of vacancies require or prefer a doctoral degree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

She graduated summa cum laude from Michigan, earned her doctoral degree at MIT, where she first started her work on black hole imaging in 2013, then became a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2024

Shuli Chen, a doctoral degree candidate in ecology and evolutionary biology who works with Saleska, is the lead author.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2024

In the 1960s, he received a doctoral degree in biochemistry from Tohoku University.

From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2024

A master’s degree can substitute for one year; a doctoral degree can replace all three years.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson


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