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Make the top schools open up more seats, be they public or private.
by eli_gottlieb 9y ago
Make the top schools open up more seats, be they public or private.
- bilbo0s 9y agoThat's not a pragmatic solution though. Where will the top schools find more "top" professors to teach and mentor all those new students? There are some legitimate logistical realities that constrict the size of top schools. I'm not sure they can be made any larger without compromising educational quality.
- tdb7893 9y agoA lot of the flagship public universities give a very good education even with huge sizes and with academia overflowing with more PhDs than it knows what to do with you probably could find enough professors of whatever quality you want if you are one of the top institutions.
- eli_gottlieb 9y ago>Where will the top schools find more "top" professors to teach and mentor all those new students? A shortage of smart, ambitious PhDs seeking policy positions is, fortunately, not a problem our society has. Quite the contrary.
- bilbo0s 9y agoBut a shortage of ACCOMPLISHED PhD's seeking policy positions, IS, unfortunately, a problem our society has. You're dealing with a situation where the PhD, in and of itself, is not really much of an accomplishment.
- eli_gottlieb 9y agoI think it's kinda bullshit to claim that most PhDs are bullshit.
- bilbo0s 9y agoNot what I said. What I said was that when one is in the situation of selecting a professor to be hired at an Ivy, the PhD in and of itself, is not really an accomplishment. It's more akin to an "entrance fee".