Re:NLRB rules graduate students are employees
by Joky on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:27PM
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In some countries (most universities in France AFAIK for example), "research time" is all of what makes your PhD. You don't have any course (it is changing a little, but seems quite superficially though).
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Re:NLRB rules graduate students are employees
by GuiA on Tuesday August 23, 2016 @08:39PM
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That's because you're required to have a Master's to start a PhD in France, whereas in the US you get into a PhD program right after undergrad. So in the US, you end up taking some classes your first year or two, then you typically take the qualification exam, and then you start writing your dissertation.