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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Higher Ed is not what it used to be and it’s in part because so many people no longer value education.”

It is mostly because universities are immorally overproducing PhDs, knowing they will never get professorships, because grad students are a great source of revenue.[/quote]

So PhD students are victims? [b] They’re old enough and smart enough to make thoughtful, responsible decisions.  [/b]Some people love to learn. Not everyone is driven by financial ROI. Mocking their career outcome is pathetic.  I’d be thrilled to learn my kids have such educated and accomplished teachers in high school. Especially if they chose to work with teenagers. 
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Potential PhD students need to ask the right questions, and so many of them are poorly advised. They might be told about how wonderful their star students are and how they land prestigious fellowships and jobs, but unless asked, PhD programs will not say how many students don't land tenure-track jobs, how many drop out, and how many never finish their PhDs. You can't make thoughtful, responsible decisions unless you have all the information you need. There are many, many 21 year olds who are still too young and uninformed about the reality of the academic job market when they apply to these graduate programs. They are smart, but not savvy consumers.[/quote]

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