UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking for higher pay

Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by raverbashing on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:53AM (#22463026)

> a PhD is sold as a key step for a well-paying and fulfilling career where you can make a difference

Yes, it is sold as such. But the appeal is fading fast.

Academia nowadays is something between a Beauty Pageant and the Hunger Games where people struggle with underpayment for years for maybe one day getting the famed tenured position.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by willis936 on Monday March 02, 2020 @07:34AM (#22463821)

Nobody in graduate school has delusions of expecting a professorship. It is well known that professorships are hard to get and involve a lot of politics. Graduate students don’t have bright prospects and are given a bad financial situation, but do it all the same because that’s the only way to work on something gratifying or important. It seems insane to punish the most talented and passionate for pursuing their calling.

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Re:UC Santa Cruz fires 54 grad students who were striking fo... by gammadens on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:03PM (#22469518)

Tenured positions aren't all they're cracked up to be either.

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