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A collection of 4 posts

The New Data Dashboard

Between February and August of this year the APDA project has been busy collecting and checking data on the employment status of recent graduates from nearly 150 philosophy PhD programs. Three people were especially key to this effort: Alisha Nesslage, now a graduate student at UC Irvine, Ricardo Rodriguez, a

New Name and Icons

At 10 years old, APDA is ready for a sprucing up. The Board of Advisors met two weeks ago and decided to change the name of the project from Academic Placement Data and Analysis to Academic Philosophy Data and Analysis. Along with this name change I decided to create new

New Findings on Diversity, Program Ratings, and Job Placement

This past summer APDA sent a survey [https://academic-placement-data-and-analysis.ghost.io/new-survey/] to past graduates and current students in philosophy PhD programs. Some of the results have already been discussed in blog posts at Daily Nous [https://dailynous.com/2021/10/05/guide-to-graduate-programs-in-philosophy-based-on-job-placement-and-student-experience-guest-post/] , Philosopher's Cocoon [https://philosopherscocoon.typepad.com/blog/

Changes at APDA: Board of Advisors and Website

Since the last post [https://academic-placement-data-and-analysis.ghost.io/top-philosophy-programs/] in July, APDA has been making some changes. First, there is now a Board of Advisors [http://placementdata.com/about/]. Advisors were selected based on the rough criteria of a) being familiar with the APDA project and/or data analysis regarding