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I think two changes would contribute a lot to fight harassment in academia: I - Ban letters of recommendation as admission/hiring criteria; II - If there's a
by Qem 4y ago
I think two changes would contribute a lot to fight harassment in academia:
I - Ban letters of recommendation as admission/hiring criteria;
II - If there's a strong disagreement between student/advisor, causing them part ways, by default should be assumed the student has the rights to carry the research on with another advisor.
- lumost 4y ago> If there's a strong disagreement between student/advisor, causing them part ways, by default should be assumed the student has the rights to carry the research on with another advisor. Barring particular grant/funding terms, is there anything that stops this from happening today?
- polygamous_bat 4y agoGraduate studies are highly specialized, and the higher the level and the later the student is in their career, the more specific it gets. Often, the specificity becomes so narrow that the only other PI working on anything similar could be more than 2000 miles away.
- dr_dshiv 4y agoI strongly disagree with 1 and strongly agree with 2.
- trinsic2 4y agoI hope this doesn't sound horribly ignorant as I am not well versed in academia. Couldn't students form some kind of union organization and pool their efforts to get proper representation? It seems to me that to combat abuse is for every student in every school to stand together. Create an organization that supports mental health of students and staffs lawyers, ect.