All that work for … nothing 

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01855-w

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20 years ago, I could totally understand if new phd grads were upset about there not being jobs awaiting them

But I can't help but roll my eyes a bit nowadays. We've known the social promise isn't there anymore for long before they started

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Trend just increasing GLOBALLY too — China, India now seeing similar — which is just nuts

China seemed a bit ahead of the curve (in its own way) with the shift from higher ed to vocational ed in 2021 and the subsequent ban on private tutoring, which apparently has since eased

(couldn't find great articles on this, but it was all over chinese media at the time)

I think standards have been declining 🫣

alternatively, the world figured out how to play the game of education (i.e. get good grades and more credentials) faster than it could innovate the top-tier results of the game (i.e. jobs for phds)

China seemed a bit ahead of the curve (in its own way) with the shift from higher ed to vocational ed in 2021 and the subsequent ban on private tutoring, which apparently has since eased

(couldn't find great articles on this, but it was all over chinese media at the time)

https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-private-tutoring-firms-emerge-shadows-after-crackdown-2024-10-28/