Enrollment rates in higher education have been declining in the United States over the years as other countries catch up.

  • Pmmeyourtoaster@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Why would you say this? Because you perhaps weren’t afforded the same flexibility or accommodations in pursuing your own higher degree and so now would work to deny others?

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      1 year ago

      I say this because I don’t think it is too big of a thing to be completed in spare time after a full time job. And I think a PhD should be a big thing.

      Most PhD positions are really time flexible already. Certainly there are exceptions but academia in general is time flexible and PhDs are no different. But they do require a good amount of time because contributing to the sum total of all human knowledge is a big thing and takes time.