Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Originally Posted by aquinas
Originally Posted by aeh
And the PGs with the optimal combination of soft skills and temperament/character traits to produce institutionally-beneficial outcomes are also probably the most likely to make it through undergrad without TLC. Then you can purchase them at the post-graduate/post-doctorate/post-professional level, when they are already beginning to be proven commodities.

Bingo.

Way to diminish opportunity costs, by the way. Elegant solution. wink

Why, thank you! They're an especially good deal if you collect them at the post-doc level, as you can acquire quality post-docs for right around federal poverty level wages, and then keep them on a trial basis as non-tenured faculty or research associates until they do something patentable.


...pronounced like the long vowel and first letter of the alphabet...