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This can go both ways. While he may be hurt by this, light needs to be shed on systemic failure. I know a few people who have PhD's that had fantastic support,

This can go both ways. While he may be hurt by this, light needs to be shed on systemic failure. I know a few people who have PhD's that had fantastic support, counselors and teachers, and they still had questions on the validity of their degrees and processes. Here, this person's experience seems to be a money grab by a school unqualified to provide him a PhD in his area. Going public though, maybe a hard decision, and may hurt him, but who knows? Maybe there are people out there that want someone that is willing to stand up like this publicly?

ethbr0 4y ago
This seems like the most important point. Is it normal for research groups to take on PhD candidates who they are unable to support in the field of interest? {Takes on Quantum Computing grad student} + {has insufficient Quantum Computing expertise in group to even advise} seems... pretty bad. PS: And being from a tenured family and having grown up exposed to academia, I'm inclined to take author at their judgement here, given that taking on students in hot topics meshes with how the incentives of grant funding, publishing, and prestige work.