The university I attend and also work at from time to
time as a research assistant is a big-time (top 50)
research university. Grant dollars drive everything,
and if you don't produce, you either get trampled or
pushed out.
Publish or perish!
If I was to go after my doctorate I don't think I
would want that sort of pressure. There are only a
handful of doc students in my department, and they are
truly the "hired help". With all the crap that gets
dumped on them I can't see how they would ever finish.
Part of the deal is that you either have to teach
several classes or act as a research assistant for a
professor to maintain your enrollment.
Dan
--- Hendrik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That all depends if you are doing your doctorate in
> something you really
> love and there is a need for. It's a big mountain to
> climb and unless
> you really love doing IT stuff, you may not make it.
> My Uncle did a PhD in toxicology with emphasis on
> the blue ring octopus.
> >From memory he was in his fifties (I think he
> started it in his
> thirties) when he finally presented his paper,
> however he did it before
> they started changing the Unis to make them more
> profit orientated.
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