I wish academics would stop saying things like “grad school made me poor.” as someone who grew up poor, grad school was the 1st consistent & stable income I had. Recognizing prior privilege doesn’t negate the need to increase student stipends & support 1/
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Replying to @thePhDandMe @jeffgstoyanoff
This really highlights for me how grad school can be so different in North America to a lot of places in Europe. Stipends and scholarships are coveted and rare here and decline every year which is awful, and they are so rarely guaranteed with acceptance into the programme.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @jeffgstoyanoff
Yikes to that model.
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Replying to @thePhDandMe @jeffgstoyanoff
I agree. Internal funding has dried up, government funding is super hard to get. Living costs are a big thing here, and TAing doesn’t pay the bills. And it’s more expensive (by a lot) for non-EU students.
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But my institution and it’s leadership is obsessed with entrepreneurship and spending millions on a new business school while the arts/humanities and pure sciences get jack all. I love doing the PhD but my experience has not been one of stability and I am so much better off.
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In comparison with other people anyway. But the situation is one of precarity for so many, and it’s really sad.
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