New study warns "that protracted PhDs and lengthy postdoctoral stints are holding back even the best scientists from 'achieving independence and tenure'."
Author argues that "universities should have more flexible rules that allow them to promote people quicker if they prove to be 'really outstanding in their early steps' [...and that] funding should shift to younger scientists,"
@erinnacland@academicchatter@ingorohlfing How does such a laudable goal contribute to the university's paramount goal: Institutional aggrandizement? I can't see that it does. Seems the university's goal is best served by maintaining PhD wannabes as a powerless and dependent money stream.
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