What was it, a PhD in something like "Women's Studies"? When I got my PhD 20+ years ago, I was already seeing, even in the sciences, very minimal efforts when it came to PhD dissertations. Many seemed more like Masters Degree theses than something worthy of a PhD. It all goes along with the whole "pump up the student enrollment, pump up the tuition" phenomenon that began, what, 30 years or so ago? I shudder to think of what passes for PhD dissertations today.
I believe they simplifed "oral defense" to just "oral."
I have a Masters in Public Administation. I thought it was useless, but turns out to be invaluable in navigating the current environment, in particular fine-tuning the BS meter. I read stories about some Mainland Chinese scholars going crazy pushing themselves to get a PhD, so I didn't pursue one. I don't really enjoy the statistical work anyway. When I read a paper I just read the abstract and conclusion - good enough for me! lol.
It's pretty funny when you see a graph of the number of technical journals published each year during the past 50 years. I couldn't find the number of journals, but the number of papers published went from about 500,000 in 1965 to more than 7,000,000 right before covid.
What was it, a PhD in something like "Women's Studies"? When I got my PhD 20+ years ago, I was already seeing, even in the sciences, very minimal efforts when it came to PhD dissertations. Many seemed more like Masters Degree theses than something worthy of a PhD. It all goes along with the whole "pump up the student enrollment, pump up the tuition" phenomenon that began, what, 30 years or so ago? I shudder to think of what passes for PhD dissertations today.
I believe they simplifed "oral defense" to just "oral."
I have a Masters in Public Administation. I thought it was useless, but turns out to be invaluable in navigating the current environment, in particular fine-tuning the BS meter. I read stories about some Mainland Chinese scholars going crazy pushing themselves to get a PhD, so I didn't pursue one. I don't really enjoy the statistical work anyway. When I read a paper I just read the abstract and conclusion - good enough for me! lol.
It's pretty funny when you see a graph of the number of technical journals published each year during the past 50 years. I couldn't find the number of journals, but the number of papers published went from about 500,000 in 1965 to more than 7,000,000 right before covid.
Well, if Dr Jill's is any indication...
Poster child :)