Professor: PhD students are expensive to train, not exploited cheap labor — and bluesky exploded
Afinetheorem · x · 2026-11-11
Afinetheorem argues PhD students' primary role is being trained — at high cost via small classes, advising, and stipends — rather than being exploited workers paid far less than they generate for the university. The take triggered a flood of hostile replies on bluesky.
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