Comments on: PhD Completion Quandry? http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/phd_completion_quandry/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:37:08 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Steve Plunk http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/phd_completion_quandry/comment-page-1/#comment-316114 Steve Plunk Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:19:53 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/phd_completion_quandry/#comment-316114 Why is it a problem? It's a huge waste of resources. The current system is failing a great number of people and institutions. Reform is needed from top to bottom if we want to gain control of costs. Why is it a problem? It's a huge waste of resources.

The current system is failing a great number of people and institutions. Reform is needed from top to bottom if we want to gain control of costs.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/phd_completion_quandry/comment-page-1/#comment-316043 Dave Schuler Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:02:00 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2008/04/phd_completion_quandry/#comment-316043 The smartest PhD mathematician I've ever known spent 15 years wandering from university to university chasing tenure-track positions, eventually giving up to become a computer programmer. The smartest PhD mathematician I've ever known spent 15 years wandering from university to university chasing tenure-track positions, eventually giving up to become a computer programmer.

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