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minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoPushed through? In my experience those candidates are encouraged to drop out.
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-23 months agoThere are practical matters, some quite controversial, that you aren’t considering.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoProbably. What are you referring to exactly?
minus-squarecabron_offsets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoLet’s just say that demographics play a critical role in future grant applications.
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoNot everywhere, I guess. The advisor needs to show good numbers to the stakeholders board, after all
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think that’s on the entrance selection committee, not the supervisor. (Although they are probably part of that committee)
minus-squarelad@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoI don’t know for sure, but my advisor used to worry about the amount of successful PhD graduates, because of the department quota, iirc on the other hand his quota was not too high, and he allowed me to enroll and was okay with me, although I said in advance that I will likely become a drop out
Pushed through? In my experience those candidates are encouraged to drop out.
There are practical matters, some quite controversial, that you aren’t considering.
Probably. What are you referring to exactly?
Let’s just say that demographics play a critical role in future grant applications.
Not everywhere, I guess. The advisor needs to show good numbers to the
stakeholdersboard, after allI think that’s on the entrance selection committee, not the supervisor. (Although they are probably part of that committee)
I don’t know for sure, but my advisor used to worry about the amount of successful PhD graduates, because of the department quota, iirc
on the other hand
his quota was not too high, and he allowed me to enroll and was okay with me, although I said in advance that I will likely become a drop out