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Oh yes. It's quite wonderful, really. For the cost of a stipend and waiving tuition, they get someone who'll work almost for free, grading papers, teaching se
by Lazare 12y ago
Oh yes. It's quite wonderful, really. For the cost of a stipend and waiving tuition, they get someone who'll work almost for free, grading papers, teaching seminars, and maybe even bringing in grant money. Then as soon as they graduate, they're back, desperately applying for adjunct positions.
If you were very cynical, you could try and consider the RoI on a stipend from the point of view of the administration. It's one of the most abusive and exploitive things you'll find outside of a North Korean prison camp.
- jschwartzi 12y agoYou could also look at it from the perspective of students, who have been told for nearly two decades that they should be college bound, and that they should get "the best education they can," and then finally that they should "do what they love." When you finally exit the pipeline, you realize that the best education isn't worth much outside of the school you got it from, and doing what you love doesn't pay very well. The problem is that you learn this about 6 years too late, and transitioning to a job where you're actually valued will set you back even further.