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The problem is that there's also a very large pool of people who could be grad students who are currently unemployed or underemployed.

The problem is that there's also a very large pool of people who could be grad students who are currently unemployed or underemployed. If some grad students get tired of the conditions and decide to seek higher wages in private industry, the universities can easily recruit more grad students in short order for the exact same wages as they were paying before. Therefore, there is no incentive to improve the conditions to retain their existing grad students (or post-docs, or assistant professors...).

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The problem is that there's also a very large pool of people who could be grad students who are currently unemployed or underemployed.

saalweachterJan 10, 2015, 4:39 AM

The problem is that there's also a very large pool of people who could be grad students who are currently unemployed or underemployed. If some grad students get tired of the conditions and decide to seek higher wages in private industry, the universities can easily recruit more grad students in short order for the exact same wages as they were paying before. Therefore, there is no incentive to improve the conditions to retain their existing grad students (or post-docs, or assistant professors...).

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