Have to agree with your assessment. Think things changed when they dropped requirement for masters before going to Ph.D. The masters degree was where one really learned lab work. And those showing aptitude for critical thinking advanced to the Ph.D. Most Ph.D. students now enter a lab, passed hand to hand in an old boy network, to wo…
Have to agree with your assessment. Think things changed when they dropped requirement for masters before going to Ph.D. The masters degree was where one really learned lab work. And those showing aptitude for critical thinking advanced to the Ph.D. Most Ph.D. students now enter a lab, passed hand to hand in an old boy network, to work on a prof's grant and are required to turn a single crank and feed off of the others as they do you. You leave that lab pitifully prepared for what comes next. Saw several instances Ph.D.s hired from big name labs given grants mainly on those creds and flopped. Had to worm into an inhouse network to keep the money flowing. I was a lab tech for 10 yrs before going bsck to school.
Have to agree with your assessment. Think things changed when they dropped requirement for masters before going to Ph.D. The masters degree was where one really learned lab work. And those showing aptitude for critical thinking advanced to the Ph.D. Most Ph.D. students now enter a lab, passed hand to hand in an old boy network, to work on a prof's grant and are required to turn a single crank and feed off of the others as they do you. You leave that lab pitifully prepared for what comes next. Saw several instances Ph.D.s hired from big name labs given grants mainly on those creds and flopped. Had to worm into an inhouse network to keep the money flowing. I was a lab tech for 10 yrs before going bsck to school.