Part of Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) accreditation is having an Industrial Advisory Board (IAB). Whether it is a box to be checked or a source of input for thoughtful consideration is another question.
Asking career academics to adapt to industrial environments with which many (clinical professors or professors of practice excepted) have limited experience seems like a bridge too far.
What is the source of the assumption that all PhD students want academic posts? The article cited a survey that concluded PhD holders were largely satisfied with their careers, so that population don’t appear to be the squeaky wheels. Other motivations for pursuing a PhD include climbing the mountain because it’s there, moving up the labor schedule, going for a senior position later in one’s career, good relationship with a particular advisor, or delaying entry into the real world.
Asking career academics to adapt to industrial environments with which many (clinical professors or professors of practice excepted) have limited experience seems like a bridge too far.
What is the source of the assumption that all PhD students want academic posts? The article cited a survey that concluded PhD holders were largely satisfied with their careers, so that population don’t appear to be the squeaky wheels. Other motivations for pursuing a PhD include climbing the mountain because it’s there, moving up the labor schedule, going for a senior position later in one’s career, good relationship with a particular advisor, or delaying entry into the real world.