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> The importance of cross pollinating you postdoc and grad degree is to prove the worth of your degree Regardless of the intent, it's a fairly arbitrary way to
by jmcgough 3y ago
> The importance of cross pollinating you postdoc and grad degree is to prove the worth of your degree
Regardless of the intent, it's a fairly arbitrary way to weed out candidates without actually evaluating their strength, and the actual outcome is hurting women or people from a lower socioeconomic background. The schools you went to should be a lot less important than your publications.
- patrick451 3y agoThere is no reason for this to hurt single, childless women disproportionately. We should not be coddling women for their choices in homelife. Nobody is forcing them to start families.
- otteromkram 3y ago> and the actual outcome is hurting women or people from a lower socioeconomic background. Can we get a source on this claim? My dodo brain remembers something like women earn more college degrees than men[0], especially at the postgraduate/terminal level. [0] https://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=72 https://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=72
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- lazyasciiart 3y agoAn overall difference still means it is possible for this factor to be working against them.
- naniwaduni 3y agoHow do you expect to weed out candidates without hurting low-SES? Everything disproportionately hurts low-SES. Especially conventional metrics relating to their strength as a candidate!