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Re:Human behavioral complexity peaks at age 25: study by awkwardtortoise on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:25PM (#14313269)
In academia, only those who get tenured professorships are sitting pretty. And they get to sit pretty for decades. Everyone else has to hustle to get their crumbs. I know people who are teaching adjuncts and they get paid crumbs ( $2 or $3K PER SEMESTER ). This is at a highly competitive university where tuition + board is $80K. I could not believe it.
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Re:Human behavioral complexity peaks at age 25: study by copperx on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:59PM (#14313380)
3K per semester with an advanced degree? That's insane. You earn more being a graduate student. Is that a non-STEM field? A regular job would be a much better option.
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Re:Human behavioral complexity peaks at age 25: study by TheOtherHobbes on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @11:12PM (#14313611)
Yes, it is insane.

Universities have become sweatshops. There are a handful of tenured foremen/women, but everyone else is busking it.

The students are psrt of the cash crop, investment income, donations from alumni, and grants make up the rest.

Original thinking and game-changing research have been deprecated.

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