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I am considering accepting an offer for a PhD program in Education. Does anyone know where I can find information on the academic (and other) job market for Education? Does anyone know how the job possibilities compare to other social science/humanities? I'm looking at doing education policy studies and within that drawn to history or sociology of education. When it comes to jobs, would doing this kind of work in an education program be an advantage or disadvantage to doing it in history or sociology? How likely is it that one could teach outside of an education program? Any direction here would be great. Thanks.

I was admitted to the Educational Policy Studies program at U Wisc. Madison. However, I was admitted as a masters student even though I applied for the PhD. According to the letter, this is normal and all the masters coursework will count towards the PhD, if I'm allowed to continue. Is this normal? I do have a masters, but in a loosely-related field. Any perspective about whether or not this is something to be concerned about would be great. Also, how do people feel about going to an ed policy program without an initial funding guarantee? Thanks.