Another unintended consequence is that basic admin jobs started requiring college degrees. It’s horrifying that answering phones now requires a BA but pays a GED salary.

Every single student who applies to a PhD program needs to be given a hard lecture about their chances of making anything out of it. This system is designed for each and every one of them to fail, then make themselves feel inadequate for doing so. Higher education is an abusive spouse in a country club with everyone…

I am so ready to leave this fucked up country.

This is a huge problem and I hate it. I try to talk about it with my students as much as possible. They think we are paid a ton. I really feel like if they knew that the crazy debt they are going into was not actually going towards their educations AT ALL, they might get riled up enough to cause a stink. They are…

http://www.businessinsider.com/us-states-highest-paid-public-employee-college-coach-2016-9/

yes, and wanted to add that this pressure lands on backs differently: For children who are the first in their family to go to college or get an advanced degree (disproportionately POC), it means so so much, so the pressure to stay in terrible work conditions is so much stronger

I’m a resume writer and I promise you can make the transition from academia. The key is to reframe your experience in the language of your target industry, to downplay or remove publications / presentations, and, most importantly, to paint a clear picture of how your skills will transfer to the target position. Do…

Yah, I was one of these, except I chose the 9 hour shift at a bar instead of sex work. I didn’t finish my PhD, go figure.

This is me. I work at a small university in Oregon. The only reason I survive is because my husband secured a professorship. It’s important to understand the alienation going on here in addition to economic inequalities. While I teach in the english department, my “office” is across campus, in a small cubicle in a…

This. I did my grad work at a research university, and had an instructor gig as part of my fellowship. On average I taught about 400 students per semester. No actual professors taught undergrads, it was all us grad students.

Adjuncts are, of course, far more likely to be female than tenured professors are.

As a reminder, these are people teaching a roomful of students that pay well over the average income of a family to be at college. At $3K per course, teaching 10 students, the teacher is bringing in $30K per class per term for the university. If they teach two classes per term, that’s $120K per year. They’re seeing…

These reasons are why I ran from academia, but I’m also having problems getting a job elsewhere. People aren’t that interested in hiring anyone with a humanities degree. I decided to get an MLIS and have a year left of that program. I’m terrified of what happens next. Homelessness is literally my biggest fear.

So, Kourtney gets pregnant, and that’s all four horsemen, right?

Boat load of Kash.

Rosemary should be reserved for Kylie’s child. It will be the devil incarnate.

So what terrible name combination are they going to go for this time?

Megyn Kelly asked her audience to raise their hand if they support political demonstrations at sporting events. Less than half of the audience raised their hands.

Megyn Kelly is a racist. Fuck her.