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Universities are efficient, they create many potential professors with a small number of professors. So every class of potential professors will have many who c
by iudqnolq 4y ago
Universities are efficient, they create many potential professors with a small number of professors. So every class of potential professors will have many who can't get jobs where they studied, and will apply to less desirable places.
This was very disheartening to realize in college. It was too late for me to attempt to become any of the role models physically in front of me.
- Nimitz14 4y agoI personally like it that not anyone can become a professor, it should be an elite position imo.
- iudqnolq 4y agoI agree! Just saying it wasn't super fun to realize (completely fairly) that I wouldn't be able to become a professor. And I have a lot of sympathy for my classmates who only realized that when they graduated and tried to get a job. Universities have significant incentives to prevent their students from realizing there are a lot of people out there smarter (and more privileged) than them and the implications that flow from that. Universities should continue to be selective, but they should accurately communicate the implications of that selectivity to their students.