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> No one is telling the students that they're spending 4-12 years getting an education which is worth less than what they're paying for it. I think that some f
by _rpd 9y ago
> No one is telling the students that they're spending 4-12 years getting an education which is worth less than what they're paying for it.
I think that some fault lies with unrealistic expectations. Every liberal arts graduate student knows that there are only enough positions for 1 in 10 of their cohort, but each firmly believes that they will be in that 10%. Worse, many who are talented enough to actually be in that 10% self-sabotage by being unwilling to move to locations they perceive as less than desirable.
- JustAnotherPat 9y agoIt's a risk worth taking if you think you're too good to work in private industry. Almost all liberal arts phds i know couldn't stomach working for the man.
- arkades 9y agoThe schools exacerbate this because the professors themselves have such survivorship bias. I once had a professor try to convince me to go for a bio phd. I objected that there's only one TT position for every 20 graduates. His response was that it's just about hard work - look at him, for example! He didn't get my point; I didn't get the phd.