#PhDs

Rebecca Seidel

Casein_Micelles

I remember one thing from my COMM 101 class.The prof, a young guy, told us that he grew up thinking 30% of the population has PhDs. He grew up in

Cassie Kill

cassiekill

Today has seen the announcement of further school closures, and the new strain makes it likely that this will soon become yet more widespread. @UKRI_News PhD bursary policy is now

Capel Lofft

CapelLofft

Do people in the social sciences and humanities (esp. history) ever get bored by doing PhDs/research on the 'race/gender/colonial' aspects of x or y? I certainly get bored of hearing

A. Yep. Just the letter. That's it.

6fifths

Also, the real spice take:There would be more jobs in academia if professors were actually made to learn how to teach. Consider: of my colleagues who want PhDs, the majority

James Hannam

DrJamesHannam

A recurring theme on my timeline is how many people do PhDs in the hope of an academic job that doesn’t materialise. I want to give the humble doctorate a

Nosipho Makhakhe

NosiphoMakhakhe

PhDs are hard shem. Remember the fact that more and more black people are getting them it doesn't mean that they are easy. All it means is that black people

Geraldine

everywhereist

All we ask is that women with doctorates instead go by honorific of "sugar tits" All we ask is that women with doctorates instead go by the honorific "so this

Cognoscente of Cognomens

ShimminyKricket

Weird how people still treat women with doctorates like they are "rare" when women outpace men in educational attainment at all levels. Last year women earned 53% of all the

Lauren Thomas Quigley, PhD

LaurenDThomas1

So I’ll upset a lot of folks, but those Walden and Capella doctorate programs are a predatory scam. I’m listening in this Clubhouse room and am fairly concerned with what

Noam Brown

polynoamial

This generated more discussion than I expected, so here's a thread on why working before grad school is a good idea. (0/9)https://twitter.com/polynoamial/status/1348639479041552388 1) PhD program dropout rates are high: 30-50%.

Teri Del Rosso

tldelrosso

A quick tutorial on emailing professors. I know a lot of students have questions about fall semester, and you might want to reach out to new professors you've never met.

Emma V PhD

emmahvossen

This is what happens when a person with no generational wealth does a PhD. I am 2.5 years out and have been paying as much debt as I can every

Margot Kossmann Williams

GetYourChorion

Thoughts on watching Jurassic Park as an adult:I only just realized that the ENTIRE PLOT began with alleviating concerns of investors and insurance companies after Hammond is sued by the

Gad Saad

GadSaad

I'm no fan of the Biden family but @DrBiden was indeed disrespected by the reporter in question regarding her title. This should not be something that requires explaining in the

Rabbi Ruti Regan 🏳️‍🌈🇺🇸

RutiRegan

I both agree with and relate to what women with PhDs say whenever there’s another piece by a man mocking women for using titles. And I think it should also

Don Moynihan

donmoyn

I regret to inform you the Wall St. Journal opinion page is at it again.https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-there-a-doctor-in-the-white-house-not-if-you-need-an-m-d-11607727380?reflink=desktopwebshare_twitter "Hello, Jill Biden, I'd li

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