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3 PRINCIPAL JOB
3 PRINCIPAL JOB
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· Story had the highest prop orbon of doctorates employed in government, nearly ~ percent. MG'IJRF ~ Employed humanities Ph.D.s, by sector of employment, 1995.
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This proportion increased to 1 1 percent after 15 years and to between 16 and 17 percent for those who held doctorates for more than 1 6 years.
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. Modern languages had the highest proportions, with 31 percent ranked as associate professors and 24 percent as assistant professors.
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FIGURE 7. Proportion of academically employed humanities Ph.D.s with tenure, by time since Ph.D.
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FIGURE 8. Employed humanities Ph.D.s, by primary work activity and field, 1995.
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Wnting/ editing grew slightly, from 5 to 7 percent, throughout the career (see Table 181. Salary In 1995 the median salary for humanities Ph.D.s was $45,000.
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· Those working in the private not-for-profit sector were more lilcely Wan chose in other sectors to receive grants or contracts: 20 percent received support compared with only 4 percent in academe (see Table 22~. One-quarter of those receiving grants or contracts received them from the National Endowment for the Humanities, whereas one-fifth received support from the U.S.
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FIGURE 10. Humanities Ph.D.s, by relationship of job to doctoral field, 1995.
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Another fifth (22 percent) said they were working outside their degree field because of a change in career or professional interests, and 17 percent said Me pay and promotion opportunities were better in another field (see Table 241.
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