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Re:A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D (2014) by MaysonL on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @06:26AM (#9143657)
I'm fairly confident in saying the challenge to become a professor at a respectable university in a stem field without a PhD makes it for all intents and purposes impossible.

See Edward Fredkin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fredkin for a counter example

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Re:A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D (2014) by cup on Wednesday March 04, 2015 @06:30AM (#9143668)
Let me clarify:

I mean now. As in a student who is currently performing their undergraduate studies. Do they honestly have a hope of an academic career without postgraduate qualifications?

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