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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by seanmcdirmid on Saturday February 22, 2025 @10:15PM (#43146094)
That isn’t true. Research staff is funded via grants almost exclusively, in computer science. I’m not sure about the sciences, but I would assume they would have a lot of labs that are not set up for education and would be funded mostly by grants.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by tptacek on Saturday February 22, 2025 @10:17PM (#43146123)
Well, I'm the parent of a biochemistry lab tech currently selecting Phd project admits, but, I don't know, maybe my kid is making up that he's paid out of admin.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by blindriver on Saturday February 22, 2025 @10:37PM (#43146245)
Or he could just be honestly wrong.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday February 23, 2025 @12:28AM (#43146874)
Just because some lab techs are admin doesn’t mean they all are.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by KittenInABox on Sunday February 23, 2025 @06:17PM (#43154180)
This sounds like maybe this is an undergrad student? There's something called REU (Research Experience for Undergrads) that is issued in general to a university and then the university administers it to undergrads. But it is still a grant. Here's an example by the National Science Foundation: https://www.nsf.gov/funding/initiatives/reu
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by tptacek on Sunday February 23, 2025 @06:19PM (#43154193)
Nope. It's just a full-time job. He's even in the state pension system for it. He graduated a couple years ago.
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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by KittenInABox on Sunday February 23, 2025 @06:29PM (#43154255)
/shrug

thanks for correcting me.

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Re:Penn to reduce graduate admissions, rescind acceptances a... by mnky9800n on Sunday February 23, 2025 @04:40AM (#43148088)
This is true in physics and geo as well.
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