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Not really. Grad students are already essentially working for free.
by woeirua 2mo ago
Not really. Grad students are already essentially working for free.
- tjwebbnorfolk 2mo agoHow many lavishly-paid deans and bureaucrats and administrators are employed for each grad student?
- jszymborski 2mo agoIt's not easy to disentangle and it varies by country and institution, but those positions are not normally directly funded by public research grants.
- tjwebbnorfolk 2mo agoThey are, because every university (in the US) takes anywhere from 10-50% off the top of every grant
- asdff 2mo agoGenerally universities take half the grant from the start and that's before taking fringe on top of salaries.
- scottyah 2mo agoBut they require large support systems (typically rich parents) to work for "free". Scholarships mean they're not free.
- jszymborski 2mo agoThis is indeed how it works in some countries, but depending on how strong a nations social net that isn't necessarily true.
- scottyah 2mo agoSocial net is a fun term, it's just earned value reallocation.