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With time, the supply of graduate students should fall. Nobody should want to accept such a deal when these folks could go work in industry and make far money t
by JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
With time, the supply of graduate students should fall. Nobody should want to accept such a deal when these folks could go work in industry and make far money than the UC system will ever pay them. Getting 50-some replacement graduates could be a challenge for UC Santa Cruz. Usually enrollment is on an annual cycle.
- aphextron 7y ago>"Getting 50-some replacement graduates could be a challenge for UC Santa Cruz" It won't be. UCSC is a globally renowned research institute. One of the top public schools in the nation. Not to mention being situated in one of the most beautiful places on earth. There are literally thousands of equally talented people waiting to take these spots. As much as I sympathize with any workers' struggle, these people have no idea how privileged they truly were.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y agoGetting 50-some replacements before the start of the next academic year. Everyone else is already locked into their plans for the current academic year. After that period passes, I agree with you.
- refurb 7y agoI think this is an important point. The grad students want more pay because housing is so damn expensive in Santa Cruz. Why is it expensive? Because the city refuses to build enough. If their pay doesn't go up, I assume more an more applicants will just pass on Santa Cruz and go for a school where housing is more reasonable and their pay covers most of their expenses.