The president and executive director of the American Historical Association have just released a statement calling for their field to abandon the idea that any career path -- including those paths outside of academe -- be classified as "alternative." It is time, they argue, to admit that the academic job market is not coming back anytime soon, that many new Ph.D.s who find jobs outside academe find rewarding work (both financially and intellectually), and that the doctoral experience needs to change in some ways so that new Ph.D.s have more options.