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Sometimes I think PhD's should be awarded to Groups or atleast Pairs of researchers. Let the group find each other and defend a thesis. If the group breaks apa
by ksey3 7y ago
Sometimes I think PhD's should be awarded to Groups or atleast Pairs of researchers.
Let the group find each other and defend a thesis. If the group breaks apart they loose their certification of expertise. And can reform and reprove it. Those who want to do things alone can, ofcourse do things the old way.
This would reduce the the unrealistic expectations on some folk who work better in groups, while allowing them to hone whatever skills they bring to the table.
Groups basically compensate for each others limitations and in the modern highly competitive world, with it's time/resource constraints and complex problems certifying individual expertise is looking over rated.
- refurb 7y agoOne of the main goals of a PhD is educating an individual so they can independently direct a research program. Awarding PhDs to pairs of people goes directly against that.
- tajd 7y agoPhDs are fundamentally not about a team effort. They are about recognising a single persons ability to produce and communicate novel research in a highly specific area. Unrealistic expectations are as much a part of this process as they are anything else.
- _emacsomancer_ 7y agoIt happens occasionally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Stokhof https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Stokhof
- lilott8 7y agoMy advisor pseudo follows this. He does his best to bring in pairs of students that will be on _similar_ topics. (of course they are both responsible for their independent research and thesis). That way they can struggle together and find their way, it helps lesson the burden he has as idea generation now is covered and "getting stuck" is less worrisome as you are stuck with someone. As the students grow, they separate into their own thesis but the great part is they tend to still collaborate with their peer, so even by thesis end, both know each other's thesis pretty well.