Hmm..... I had some rethoughts about the above analysis and think there is so much more to it than what I have put up there. In spite of me rambling against ge

Hmm..... I had some rethoughts about the above analysis and think there is so much more to it than what I have put up there. In spite of me rambling against generalization, I might have done exactly just that up there. --------- If there is enough funding, facilities and ideas, what is it that would be a bottleneck for research? Large numbers of people qualified at the PhD level -------- If there is enough funding What would be a bottleneck for the creation of a large number of PhDs? Lack of a large numbers of people qualified at the Master's level or / and Giving the Master's level people enough motivation not to move to the PhD level, such as well paying jobs. Putting the supply - demand principle to use here, the lesser the number of Master's level people compared to demand, relatively, higher is the salary and their motivation to stick to that level. -------- What would be a bottleneck for the creation of a large number of people qualified at the Master's level. Lack of a large numbers of people qualified at the Bachelor's level -------- What would be a bottleneck for the creation of a large number of people qualified at the bachelor's level? 1) Lack of enough students to fill up the openings in universities a) for not being qualified enough or not 'upto it' (this is what I assumed in the previous analysis) b) inability to bear the expenses c) inability to meet the commitment requirements (for some, if they can't visualize the benefits, 4 years of struggling life can be a huge commitment) 2) Lack of enough openings in the universities for even qualified students. (Somehow I don't think, at least most, universities are finding it difficult to fill at the bachelor's level) 3) Lack of enough support and encouragement (at workplace) for incremental addition of qualifications over time towards bachelor level qualifications ( hmm, would I be right in thinking the Unions of yore are partly to blame here, by demanding pay structures that take away the attraction of incremental addition of qualifications, at least in the mechanical/manufacturing fields?) --------- I think, 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3 and the other causes mentioned in the prior analysis, all of them, contribute to this situation, to different extent in different parts of the country, of not having a strong enough supply of people qualified at the Bachelors. hmm, I wonder how load balancing can be put to work here, so that the incidence of #2 happens less and the throughput is high?