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Part of the thing to keep in mind is that things like accusations of fraud are potentially career ending. People, including professors, understandably react po

by Fomite 8y ago

Part of the thing to keep in mind is that things like accusations of fraud are potentially career ending. People, including professors, understandably react poorly to other people trying to end their careers. It's important to recognize that something like that is coming out swinging. Also, in my experience, there's a tendency with many graduate students to conflate "unethical" with "I don't like this". Not saying that's true in this case, but an "incentive to root out professors" is likely going to result in some pretty strong undesirable outcomes as well.

drb91 8y ago
> People, including professors, understandably react poorly to other people trying to end their careers. Ironic given that this is the primary power of being a thesis advisor.
- Fomite 8y ago
  My mentees failing to progress will show up on my annual evaluation, and will certainly be a factor in my tenure case (especially since my position has no other aspect for teaching). It's also something the project officers on my grants watch. It also means I lose whatever I've invested in that student. One does not idly destroy their graduate students, regardless of what HN occasionally thinks.