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every department produces more PhDs than it has openings every year. they'll all hire the best they can. most universities don't produce the best.
by sigstoat 4y ago
every department produces more PhDs than it has openings every year. they'll all hire the best they can. most universities don't produce the best.
- thebooktocome 4y ago“The best” here is measured by reputational vibes—not research value added.
- sigstoat 4y agosure. i'm not attempting to describe the metric, just asserting that they all use basically the same metric, and have the same goal. there'd be less of a "problem" if a decent fraction of schools used different metrics, or had different goals.