> Well, how about producing highly skilled teachers, that seems important in a technological society, where mathematical skills are in general critically import

> Well, how about producing highly skilled teachers, that seems important in a technological society, where mathematical skills are in general critically important. Hence, a critical part of the PhD student's job (and the professor's) is the instruction of the undergraduate population. This article doesn't even mention the importance of that role. That makes zero sense. If you want to make teachers and lecturers, why not create the path of a pedagogy bootcamp or a MSc if you like fancy titles and wasting time? Why would you push people through PhDs? PhDs spend 3-5 years mastering a single narrow domain area, it has absolutely zero utility wrt teaching unless we are talking about graduate-level courses that PhD students take…