How many PhDs does the world need? Doctoral graduates vastly outnumber jobs in academia
skotimusj @ skotimusj @lemmy.world Posts 1Comments 11Joined 1 yr. ago
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The world needs as many highly educated people as possible. The problem becomes when you make higher education a business and attach publication as a requirement for advancement. Then you are diluting the quality of research in pursuit of a "high volume" model. In this model people don't follow passion they follow the path of least resistance and we all suffer for it.