>>I think some of the article's commenters were spot-on when they mentioned the systemic problems involved: how grad students and some faculty aren't paid a living wage, and so on.<<
Yes... though there's also a danger sometimes of projecting the systemic onto the particular.
As a respondent to that comment noted, the person in this situation claiming to be motivated by financial need is the (associate!) prof herself, and her $60,000+ salary is a matter of public record. Much as I'd like to turn this into a productive discussion about grad student working conditions, what this particular case highlights instead is "teh dramaz."
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Yes... though there's also a danger sometimes of projecting the systemic onto the particular.
As a respondent to that comment noted, the person in this situation claiming to be motivated by financial need is the (associate!) prof herself, and her $60,000+ salary is a matter of public record. Much as I'd like to turn this into a productive discussion about grad student working conditions, what this particular case highlights instead is "teh dramaz."