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I think it might be equally, if not, more important to graduate only a suitable number of students/postdocs so that the majority of those that want academic pos
by s0rce 9y ago
I think it might be equally, if not, more important to graduate only a suitable number of students/postdocs so that the majority of those that want academic positions will find those openings available.
I'm not sure how to balance these issues.
- hedora 9y agoFair point. This is a real issue in most non-engineering fields. Maybe add a “% that get a job” factor.
- s0rce 9y agoAlso, in STEM fields.
- hedora 9y agoThere’s definitely a glut in mathematics and science PhD’s. Universities keep cutting tenure track positions and cranking out more students per professor. It doesn’t hit technology and engineering as badly, since there is a steady supply of industry jobs. Some people make the jump from science and mathematics to industry, but it is harder.
- s0rce 9y agoI think it doesn't seem as bad in tech/engineering due to the availability of industry jobs, at least you aren't unemployed. But in my opinion as a science/engineering PhD grad many of these positions don't require PhD they could just train undergrad engineers and be fine. The companies are taking advantage of the glut of PhD grads to get cheaply trained highly educated labor without incurring the cost to train them themselves.