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PhD applicants continue to be misinformed | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 hidden)
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by jukis on Mon Aug 28, 2006 at 10:45:59 AM PDT

vizioneer But the fact is many first year students have no TA/RA responsibilities, most of them are on fellowships (I mean who would enrol in a phd prog paying tuition...). Besides I don't see how a greatly confused 1st year student will be able to TA/RA, so I don't see how this is a zero-sum game; I rather think this outcome is a mutual loss; one year wasted for a student and wasted resources for a dep. I do agree however that doc deps take themselves too seriously, that partly has to do with academic culture being resistent to change; but it also has to do with the fact that academic positions are so scarce (babyboomers etc.) that many phd students just have to extend their enrolment in the program endlessly because of limited job prospects upon exit from programs; departmental culture also cultivates this. British doctoral system is less rigid indeed and provides greater room for creativity, even though they are not as generous with funding a student.



PhD applicants continue to be misinformed | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 hidden)
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