Three years after finishing my PhD in chemical engineering at ETH Zurich, I now work in strategy consulting—an environment where, somewhat surprisingly, the title “Doctor” is often more of a curiosity ...

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Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

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I recently retired from Pennsylvania State University after 32 years, during which time I had the honor of chairing 120 Ph.D. student committees and helping those students earn their doctoral degrees.