The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks more women than men

Re:The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks mor... by grandinj on Monday August 31, 2015 @01:10PM (#10147829)

Isn't it obvious that this is just supply and demand at work? There are now too many people chasing a career in academia, which is driving the price down.

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Re:The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks mor... by homulilly on Monday August 31, 2015 @02:53PM (#10148397)

Maybe in part, but that ignores the fact demand for academia has gone down what with all the cuts to science and education.

As a society, we value research and knowledge less and less.

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Re:The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks mor... by T-A on Monday August 31, 2015 @03:58PM (#10148730)

http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/Agencies_4.jpg

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Re:The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks mor... by eli_gottlieb on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @09:36AM (#10152187)

Right, now measure on a per-capita basis or on the basis of percentage of GDP. At least it's adjusted for bloody inflation.

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Re:The bachelor’s to Ph.D. STEM pipeline no longer leaks mor... by T-A on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @06:03PM (#10156107)

So more dollars are cuts if population or GDP grows faster?

Does the same principle apply to other quantities too? Let's try a fun one: atmospheric CO2 concentration. From 1980 to 2012, it grew roughly 17% [1]. During the same period, world population grew 57% [2], and gross world product grew 144% [3]. So atmospheric CO2 has been drastically cut? :P

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_in_Earth%27s_at...

[2] http://www.geohive.com/earth/his_history3.aspx

[3] http://kushnirs.org/macroeconomics/gdp/gdp_world.html

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