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Higher education in this country (and probably others too) is unbelievably messed up. Everybody I know or have heard of going to grad school has had to work bru
by brokencode 5y ago
Higher education in this country (and probably others too) is unbelievably messed up. Everybody I know or have heard of going to grad school has had to work brutal hours for years on end. That is a recipe for burnout, not academic advancement. Universities today are basically sweatshops for highly educated people.
Meanwhile endowments continue to swell, and tuition soars. Somebody is winning in all this, and it isn’t the students or the faculty.
- dlivingston 5y agoThe amount of depression, suicidal ideation, poor health, and excessive stress that doctoral candidates go through is staggering. I was very, very close to accepting a doctorate program and was ultimately talked out of it by several PhD friends. 4-7 years earning ~$30,000 under the intense pressures of the academy to learn, publish, conference hop, and teach don’t sound fun, esp. when a MSc program is two years and can get you a quite satisfying career (in engineering and science).