As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for change in academia

Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by whymauri on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @01:41PM (#31756485)

The closer I got to my PIs and their friends/enemies in various academic departments, the more I realized that university departmental politics are more stereotypically 'high school drama' than anything I actually experienced in high school! My god, professors can be so petty.

Don't consult a self-perceived expert on a field on a project you're considering? Uninvited from their July 4th BBQ.

Standing up for a junior tenure-track faculty who a senior person doesn't like? Have fun getting work done while scheduled to teach the 800 person remedial chemistry class, disparagingly called 'chemistry for artists.'

Need some equipment but you forgot to wish me happy birthday? Sorry, unforeseen maintenance lol. Oh please.

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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by bombcar on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @05:32PM (#31759733)

As has been attributed to Sayre: "Academic politics is the most vicious and bitter form of politics, because the stakes are so low."

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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by misterkrabs on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:05PM (#31756842)

So true, lol. Stoner by John Williams does a good job of showing this.

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Re:As professors struggle to recruit postdocs, calls for cha... by bigdict on Wednesday June 15, 2022 @02:13PM (#31756973)

Great novel.

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