sci.research.careers

On 3 Ott, 16:16, rick++ wrote:
> /2007/10/03/education/
>
> Average age is 33 and debt is $50K. I think the humanities PhDs
> have a worse time from the article.
>
> The science group I was in, of seventy PhDs the fastest was
> years(*)
> and slowest 8 years, averaging 6 years. The professor started cutting
> the stipend after six years which was a big motivation.
>
> (*) The university requires a minimum of 3 years of tuition, so the
> professor
> has to pay extra for speedsters (just tuition, no stipend).
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"Universities need us as cheap labor to teach their undergraduates,
and frankly we need to be needed because there isn't another way for
us to fund our education," he said.
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That raises a question that state legislatures and trustees might
ponder: Would it be more cost effective to provide financing to speed
graduate students into careers rather than having them drag out their
apprenticeships?
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So, what is the problem? Everybody must be happy.