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This is desperately needed. We have: 1. An oversupply of newly minted PhD's literally waiting for tenured profs to die so that there is an opening 2. A skyroc
by starpilot 7y ago
This is desperately needed. We have:
1. An oversupply of newly minted PhD's literally waiting for tenured profs to die so that there is an opening
2. A skyrocketing demand from people looking to go to university, with acceptance rates everywhere dropping.
Connect these with building more universities. It might only be possible at the state level, look at how California opened UC Merced in 2005.
- topkai22 7y ago2) Isn't true any more. University enrollement peaked in 2011, and isn't expected to reach that level again for at least a decade or more. There are plenty of accetable state schools with 100% or near 100% acceptence rates. https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_303.10.asp https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d18/tables/dt18_303.10.a...
- Balgair 7y ago> 1. An oversupply of newly minted PhD's literally waiting for tenured profs to die so that there is an opening Wait, a work-relief program for ... PhDs? Surely they are intelligent enough to find some form of employment beyond what Uncle Sam can only provide.