The U.S. sorely needs a coordinated national research strategy, says Marcia McNutt, president of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
  • Hexboare [they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    STEM people usually get paid to do their doctorates

    Stipends are usually very low and criminally low when you compare to what someone would make if they didn’t do a doctorate

    To say nothing of the debt from their undergrad and grad degrees

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      18·
      1 month ago

      True, still better than state of the humanities.

      The real tragedy is once they get their doctorate there is more economic value for companies in paying them really well to do nearly nothing, something I have heard about happening all too frequently.