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.
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.