[lbo-talk] The closing of American academia

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Tue Aug 21 14:01:17 PDT 2012


From: Jordan Hayes <jmhayes at j-o-r-d-a-n.com>


> I'm just not buying the idea that PhD students are suddenly in a worse situation that they were, say, 30 years ago.

Maybe not when they're in school, but it is worse when they're done. When you're educating the masses, you need more people to do it. When you're not, not.


>It's getting harder to go to college; but what's the deal with looking
>at PhD students to try to make the point?

Because it would be better if "times of exceptional growth" in education you mentioned were ongoing?



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