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Monday, December 20, 2010

The Economist: "The disposable academic: Why doing a PhD is often a waste of time"


I just happened to notice this, and haven't finished completely reading it carefully yet but after reading just the title, I felt like I should share this:

http://www.economist.com/node/17723223

Since I haven't actually read it that carefully and I should be studying right now, I can't comment yet. But, it seems like an interesting article!

1 comment:

  1. I read the whole article! I think the basic problem here is an imbalance between demand and supply :It's university's interest to hire more PhDs, but the # of job openings after you get a PhD is irrelevant to their interests, and they don't care. Hence the problem.

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