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afaik, not unless it’s paid for

i’m not in grad school/haven’t applied for other reasons, but a big piece of advice my v wise mentor/professor in college about grad school was that she really stressed not going into debt for grad school, especially in today’s world and job market. so even if you aren’t sure you’d 100% “use” it, if it’s with scholarships and a fellowship so you graduate debt-free, worry less. on the other hand, even if you’re very sure you would “use” it but you’d have to go into debt seriously ask yourself if it’s that worth it. if you only want a master’s (in the US), there are not always as many fellowships / assistantships for master’s students so go for a PhD program with a “terminal master’s” so you can do two years, decide if you like it, and if you don’t you still get a master’s at the two year mark (this was also advice i received). my obvious caveat is that i’m not in grad school (yet?) but i‘d literally trust this professor with my life so i trust that this advice is sage enough to pass on!

@marxinista

Oct 18, 2024

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i feel like it’s less about ethics, and more about personal considerations?

i personally don’t think it’s unethical to go to grad school — ultimately it’s exploiting the student in many ways: financially, via TA labor, and in getting to boast student achievements. this is a US perspective but as someone who went to school in one of the states banning a bunch of topics and defunding DEI programs etc i will say the laws banning academic topics are a huge issue right now and incredibly disruptive to experience, mentally and especially academically because profs can’t teach certain topics or start to just leave the state bc of it. i’m considering grad school as well but as my academic work is centered around gender, queerness, social movements, a huge part of it for me would be working out in what states could i have a realistic chance of actually being able to do that work, given the increasing censorship of those subjects in many places? and this is not even to mention student loans nor all of the repression of students’ right to protest even in states without academic censorship laws! tl;dr? i feel for us prospective grad students, it’s more of an issue of what are we willing to put up with for an advanced degree rather than is it unethical to partake in higher ed again.

@marxinista

May 17, 2024

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Currently getting my mba

I never wanted to go to grad school either but I decided to get my mba and countless career advancement opportunities have come my way as a result. a huge component for that was the affordability of the program I enrolled in, so please dont go into crazy debt for this degree unless youre confident the career earnings will outweigh the effort it will take to pay off that debt. Also understand you will be incredibly broke during this grad program unless you’re already making good money or have a decent savings to fall back on. thats part of the commitment. Overall I am in support of pursuing higher ed, but only if the economics are safe and youre ready to grind.

@mintgawd

Mar 17, 2025

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slyvia - pillow talk

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The current season with the bald poly guy who started the 2k acre wildfire and that’s why he has trouble taking accountability in relationships…. Magnificent climate nonfiction

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