Many humanities Ph.D.s have put their training to work in careers that aren't on the faculty track, but a new survey shows their success is largely disconnected from the expectations and, in some cases, the skills fostered in graduate schools. The Scholarly Communication Institute at the University of Virginia has recently explored how these graduates came to pursue alternative academic, or “alt-ac,” careers – or careers not even related to higher education – surveying over 700 graduates off the traditional faculty career path to see how their academic careers prepa...