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I think academia is political because it’s a very small world, and chronically underfunded, so people fight. If there were loads of open positions, with unlimit
by Agingcoder 3y ago
I think academia is political because it’s a very small world, and chronically underfunded, so people fight. If there were loads of open positions, with unlimited research budgets, and decent salaries, I hope they wouldn’t fight and there would be no politics. But I might be wrong on that one :-)
I work on a daily basis with Vp+ level leadership of a publicly traded company and yes, they’re much better at it. But there’s just as much politics as in academia : people fight for power, money, prestige which are increasingly concentrated as you go up.
- dehrmann 3y agoIs academia actually underfunded, or does is just create a large, underpaid labor class it can motivate with a tenure carrot? I don't get a sense that there's actually that much more research that needs to be done as much as we need a lot of TAs and lecturers.
- eli_gottlieb 3y agoPersonally I'm more under the impression that there's a lot of research that needs to be done, but parts of the system other than just funding make it hard to do it. "More funding" would be a necessary part of a solution, but would only work when coupled to other necessary measures to encourage genuinely productive science.