sci.research.careers

On Oct 8, 4:55 pm, Old Pif wrote:
> On 8 Ott, 01:52, Straydog wrote:
>
> > The whole emphasis in this article (below) is seriously misplaced.
>
> > The issue that needs attention involves: i) the attrition AFTER the PhD is
> > awarded FROM careers for many reasons, and ii) the failure to even be
> > able to START a career in a PhD-requiring job.
>
> That is exactly right. As it has been portrait, it looks like a happy
> coexistence: the university need cheap labor and the guys would like
> to hung around doing science. The 'generous' uncles from the governing
> boards allow now even more time for near scientific loitering. Why
> anybody should have problem with that?

The "uncles" want even more profit. And they get profit from
attracting the new PhD students from overseas. The overseas students
are either rich, and thus pay the full fee for the course, or they
work as cheap TA's. If it takes long time for them to get their PhDs
in a particular university, then it would be harder for the "uncles"
to attract those students into that university.