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More so because grad students receive grants that cover their tuition and some basic salary. In other words, unlike undergraduate students, graduate students ac
by pontus 6y ago
More so because grad students receive grants that cover their tuition and some basic salary. In other words, unlike undergraduate students, graduate students actually costs money.
- bobthepanda 6y agoAre you sure you’re thinking of master’s students and not PhDs?
- vector_spaces 6y agoNot all grad students get a salary. In particular older grad students who support other people and can't afford to live on a grad student stipend (which is a starvation wage for one, let alone more) and therefore must work a job while in grad school do not get any stipend, they pay their way. Which is of course a much easier arrangement for the student to manage if they have a trust fund or wealthy family to dip into (speaking to the article at hand)
- pmoriarty 6y ago"More so because grad students receive grants that cover their tuition and some basic salary." That only tends to be true for PHD programs where the student is expected to work on research that actually brings in grant money. That's not true for all grad programs. Some are not research-focused at all, and for those the student usually has to pay their own way or get other forms of financial aid (which not all students qualify for). Even if they do qualify for financial aid, they might not get any, if the limited amount that is available has already been given out to other qualified students.