We already don’t. Like 15% of postdocs become professors and its similar for PhD to postdoc. A vast majority of PhDs go to industry or government work.
As to whether you want most PhDs in academia that is a values question of whether a PhD does more for society in academia or elsewhere.
Do we even want most PhDs in academia?
We already don’t. Like 15% of postdocs become professors and its similar for PhD to postdoc. A vast majority of PhDs go to industry or government work.
As to whether you want most PhDs in academia that is a values question of whether a PhD does more for society in academia or elsewhere.
Most of the people in my lab are focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections