Funding models for Ph.D. programs

UC-Irvine is adopting a new funding model for Ph.D. programs in some departments.  The idea is to provide increased funding for five years, and then offer a two year postdoc teaching position.

This article, from Slate, is written about Ph.D. programs in the humanities, where it is generally much harder to secure a job than in the computational sciences.  Still, an interesting perspective.

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