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osmmanipadmehum (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
good.. i thought feminization only applied to marijuana
sferb (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
But that will never happen, given our economic system. The number of people majoring in Humanities are dropping every year, and it is harder if not impossible for Phds to find academic work. No students/customers, no business/classes. The market has spoken.
gspaulsson (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I think "pyramid scheme" perfectly describes modern academia. Universities peddle a product called a PhD. The great majority of PhDs end up doing menial work as adjunct or contingent faculty, which pays less thanthey would have made if they'd got a job straight out of high school and spent the time getting real-world experience. In other words, a PhD has negative economic value. A handful of PhDs are given tenure-track jobs, so they can produce more PhDs. It's a classic pyramid scheme.
generatrix999 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Pay attention morons, she said "Pyrimid structure" not "Scheme".
ruf11 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There is no such thing as "supply and demand" in humanities. Give "market forces" the freedom to determine "demand" for humanities -- and there would be none, and culture would stifle. You can't entrust such important things to people who only care about money and personal material gain.It is always a highly conscious and deliberate decision to do humanities. This is how "demand" should be determined: consciously and deliberately.
boffo1962 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Doesn't supply and demand factor into this? More available teachers within a certain field mean more competition and people being willing to take lower salaries for those positions?Science graduates have corporations competing for them as well as universities-- to keep them in academe, salaries in science are higher. Corporate PhD-level opportunities in Humanities, I would say are more scarce.I guess I can see the feminization, but I think "supply and demand" is at the core of this.
curiousraydotinfo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm not sure that Michelle Masse is using the term, "pyramid scheme," in its most generally accepted way."A pyramid scheme is a non-sustainable business model that involves the exchange of money primarily for enrolling other people into the scheme, usually without any product or service being delivered." WikipediaI think that "male-dominated hierarchy" is probably more accurate.
alwayzarunna (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
These are awesome interviews. Thank you. |
