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> PhD research was never about financial security You're looking at this wrong. PhD was always about financial security for the vast majority of PhDs. You thin
by KPGv2 2y ago
> PhD research was never about financial security
You're looking at this wrong. PhD was always about financial security for the vast majority of PhDs. You think all those Chinese and Korean etc. students are coming to study engineering to get invited to the good parties back home? No, they're doing it because it provides financial security. Same for places all over the world. Europe, everywhere.
It's basically upper and upper middle class white Americans who pursue PhDs for the social prestige, because they already have actual capital, so they're pursuing social capital. Everyone else does it for a combination of money and love for the subject matter.
- seydor 2y agoi believe you re talking about financial secutiry after the Phd, not during
- KPGv2 2y agoYes, I was. I suspect most PhD candidates who are considering a future career in academia are thinking about financial security after, not during. So if we're talking about why are there fewer PhD candidates...
- ckemere 2y agoUniversities have been offering doctoral degrees for at least 800 years. It’s unclear to me that they have ever been linked to powerful/ultra-wealth careers. I think that completely discounting the “prestige” factor would fail to capture a large number of academics. Especially in fields like Philosophy (from whence the Ph gets it’s abbreviation).
- DrFalkyn 2y agoUp until like 1700 most of the population was illiterate Mostly only the nobility, and later, the merchant/professional class, even sent their kids to school. Born out in the country like 90% of the population ? Well your helping with the harvest, keep watch over the herd, etc. sux2bu I guess Universities have ALWAYS been practically accessible to at best the middle class, which barely even existed until around 1500. Before then, you’re mostly talking about nobles