Louis Menand Quotes:
Ocupation: Writer
Life: b. January 21, 1952
Birthday: January 21
The time between Bachelor's degree and a PhD, the median time is over 11 years. So then you're still only on a tenure ladder, you're not tenured. So it generally takes 6 to 8 years after that to get tenure. So that's a very long period of what's essentially apprenticeship, of insecurity.
source: Big Think Interview, bigthink.com. 
