> is simply mismatched incentives For me, this is kind of tautologically impossible -- the adviser's primary objective should be the success of his/her student

> is simply mismatched incentives For me, this is kind of tautologically impossible -- the adviser's primary objective should be the success of his/her students. I understand that makes me pretty wide-eyed and most people/places don't work like that, but I'm talking about shoulds.