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Re:The End of Being a Duke Professor and What It Means for t... by linuxftw on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:30AM (#19747330)
> the lack of legit opportunities in Higher Ed.

Higher ed was never a legit opportunity in the first place. It's all gate-keeping by the establishment.

In this professor's case, they seemed to mistake experience with value. Turns out, you can use a slave-laborer (grad student) to teach classes much more efficiently. The market value of a college professor is apparently 0.

Re:The End of Being a Duke Professor and What It Means for t... by screye on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:12AM (#19748996)
When the only good job in a field is to teach people who want to enter the field, it is the closest equivalent of an academic pyramid scheme.
Re:The End of Being a Duke Professor and What It Means for t... by linuxftw on Thursday April 25, 2019 @08:48PM (#19753912)
At least in a decent pyramid scheme you have the chance to have your own recruits. In academia, the pyramid is much flatter.