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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by SamReidHughes on Sunday March 01, 2020 @07:11PM (#22460384)
Just with some fast googling, I think they're paid in about the same range as US PhD's. Or am I mistaken?
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by Symbiote on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:05AM (#22462312)
Without any searching, the cost of living is probably much higher in California.
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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by barry-cotter on Monday March 02, 2020 @06:18AM (#22463439)
US universities don’t offer half time PhD studentships and then expect full time work. This was common in Germany when I had grad student acquaintances ten years ago. I doubt things have changed.
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