▲ 456 ▼ Some Colleges Will Soon Charge $100,000 a Year. How Did This Happen? (www.nytimes.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world [S] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) That’s actually highly variable. Some schools have come a long way in that regard permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) AFAIK there is no school paying a living wage (based on MIT living wage calculator) to all their grad student yet, at least not in most major cities. The grad workers union of JHU has just won a wage that is somewhat close to living wage, but not there yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jeffw@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Depends if you factor all the free credits in ig permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problem is that most grad students are not taking classes after the first two years, and focus solely on research. Many with masters will finish with classes even sooner. Then it doesn't make sense to factor in the tuition for most PhD. Plus, I am referring to living wages calculated without factoring in any educational cost or child care cost. If they are included, the living wage will be much higher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) AFAIK there is no school paying a living wage (based on MIT living wage calculator) to all their grad student yet, at least not in most major cities. The grad workers union of JHU has just won a wage that is somewhat close to living wage, but not there yet. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] jeffw@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Depends if you factor all the free credits in ig permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problem is that most grad students are not taking classes after the first two years, and focus solely on research. Many with masters will finish with classes even sooner. Then it doesn't make sense to factor in the tuition for most PhD. Plus, I am referring to living wages calculated without factoring in any educational cost or child care cost. If they are included, the living wage will be much higher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Depends if you factor all the free credits in ig permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problem is that most grad students are not taking classes after the first two years, and focus solely on research. Many with masters will finish with classes even sooner. Then it doesn't make sense to factor in the tuition for most PhD. Plus, I am referring to living wages calculated without factoring in any educational cost or child care cost. If they are included, the living wage will be much higher. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) The problem is that most grad students are not taking classes after the first two years, and focus solely on research. Many with masters will finish with classes even sooner. Then it doesn't make sense to factor in the tuition for most PhD. Plus, I am referring to living wages calculated without factoring in any educational cost or child care cost. If they are included, the living wage will be much higher. permalink fedilink source parent