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Boston U Suspends Admissions to Humanities and Social Science Ph.D. Programs

DOGE already getting to work https://www.insidehighered.c...
Metaphysics
  11/19/24
what's the point of getting a phd in any of these subjects u...
prince j'rick mpanama
  11/19/24
Traditionalist Liberal Arts is a panacea for Western Decline
Metaphysics
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There's something very amiss when the only "practical&q...
xco
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the point is over-production of elites
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Credential inflation is a bitch. Prestigious prep school tea...
lex
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butt cheeks
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o no! wat will the world do without more PhD's from BU in th...
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philosophy too
Metaphysics
  11/19/24


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Date: November 19th, 2024 9:14 AM
Author: Metaphysics

DOGE already getting to work

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/admissions/graduate/2024/11/19/bu-suspends-admissions-humanities-other-phd-programs

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355367)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 9:24 AM
Author: prince j'rick mpanama (1)

what's the point of getting a phd in any of these subjects unless you'll teach at a university level? this should probably happen at all universities, not just bu

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355400)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 9:38 AM
Author: Metaphysics

Traditionalist Liberal Arts is a panacea for Western Decline

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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:15 AM
Author: xco

There's something very amiss when the only "practical" use of a degree is to teach other people to get the same degree. Say what you will about lol school, it's not a pyramid scheme in that sense.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355601)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:17 AM
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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:17 AM
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the point is over-production of elites

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355609)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:19 AM
Author: lex

Credential inflation is a bitch. Prestigious prep school teachers often have phds these days. There’s no reason this should be the case — spending two to four years tucked away in a library and occasionally TAing is not necessarily good preparation for keeping order and momentum in a class with literal teenagers.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355615)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:13 AM
Author: butt cheeks (🍑)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:18 AM
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o no! wat will the world do without more PhD's from BU in the fields of English, history and sociology?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355613)



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Date: November 19th, 2024 10:53 AM
Author: Metaphysics

philosophy too

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5636720&forum_id=2/#48355728)