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In most top CS schools, the teaching requirement for graduate students is minimal (e.g. you are only required to teach once or twice). This only works when the
by rxin 15y ago
In most top CS schools, the teaching requirement for graduate students is minimal (e.g. you are only required to teach once or twice). This only works when the research groups are well funded and you don't need to teach to earn your living stipend.
- rflrob 15y agoIf, as many articles seem to be suggesting, we decrease the number of grad students, then that just means that the ones left will teach more, which distracts them from the research and (presumably) lengthens the PhDs. It's not a completely linear tradeoff, but certainly something to bear in mind.