On the one hand, plenty of folks have warned would-be PhDs against grad study, citing the odds.
On the other, enough people feel they can beat those odds. And they have some reason, having been successful at the .edu game, as the other Bryan describes.
Meanwhile, most grand schools keep maintaining classes which are too large.
On the one hand, plenty of folks have warned would-be PhDs against grad study, citing the odds.
On the other, enough people feel they can beat those odds. And they have some reason, having been successful at the .edu game, as the other Bryan describes.
Meanwhile, most grand schools keep maintaining classes which are too large.
Agree. I thought I could beat the odds. And I did but barely. I was bitter about that for a while, blaming whomever I could blame but myself. In hindsight, I know I would not have listened to anyone.
I don't at all like that there is pressure to recruit PhDs and MAs to fill classes, to make our department look "healthy", etc. But I feel ok if I know I've been honest and haven't been trying too hard to woo anyone. In my experience, people are generally rational actors when it comes to such choices. If they had better options, they'd pursue them.
We've been talking about this since the 1990s.
On the one hand, plenty of folks have warned would-be PhDs against grad study, citing the odds.
On the other, enough people feel they can beat those odds. And they have some reason, having been successful at the .edu game, as the other Bryan describes.
Meanwhile, most grand schools keep maintaining classes which are too large.
Agree. I thought I could beat the odds. And I did but barely. I was bitter about that for a while, blaming whomever I could blame but myself. In hindsight, I know I would not have listened to anyone.
I don't at all like that there is pressure to recruit PhDs and MAs to fill classes, to make our department look "healthy", etc. But I feel ok if I know I've been honest and haven't been trying too hard to woo anyone. In my experience, people are generally rational actors when it comes to such choices. If they had better options, they'd pursue them.