Strange, all of the grad students I know in CS get funding, it's guaranteed by the department. Women's Studies, not so much. By that token, academics in CS ar

Strange, all of the grad students I know in CS get funding, it's guaranteed by the department. Women's Studies, not so much. By that token, academics in CS are privileged relative to academics in the humanities, tremendously even. But, I like some of your arguments, particularly that having to work while studying makes it harder to get the grades needed to go to the grad school of your choice.