Comment on The low effort presentation of the tenured prof is often way better btw

• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oh, I know. And I’m currently setting up audits on qualifications and alignment to our nation’s higher education standards…at a research university.

  I’ve already had industry colleagues remind me of that time a major university here had a big grant puller non-chalantly say, “I never actually completed my PhD” thinking it was just gonna go down totally fine because of how much his reputation pulled research money in ice the years.

  Obviously a very smart human that contributed a lot, but that’s not how academia works and obviously an atomic bomb went off with friends lined up for the scraps.

  This is my big fear. If I stumble across something like this, I’m quitting for something less stressful like pest control, test piloting, or child care.

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  • PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Clearly a very smart human that contributed a lot, but that’s not how academia works and obviously an atomic bomb went off with fiends lined up for the scraps while the CFO weeps.

    I’m sorry, do you mind explaining this a bit further? I don’t understand what you mean. Thank you :)

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    • reddfugee@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The faculty member probably got nuked from orbit, sponsoring orgs would be horrified to learn that a PI (principal investigator) they funded had misrepresented their credentials that badly.

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  • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Is a PhD a required qualification in your uni? I know it’s expected, but there are quite a few well-respected academics, particularly in engineering and comp sci, who don’t have a PhD.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It depends on the country.

      Here it is required for certain levels of “quality education to students” whereas those with lower tiers certainly are allowed to teach some units, especially lectures. Obviously research it’s entirely up to whoever’s putting the grant up, but most papers these days are regulated by the academia version of a HoA, psych incidents as I mentioned are very dramatic.

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      • emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s regulation protecting the quality of education in the nation.

        I understand and agree with that logic (although personally I have experienced excellent teachers who had no PhD). But like you said, I don’t think it is a useful criteria in research.

        My personal opinion/experiences are that those that are the worst in their field are the ones that clutch onto their degrees the most and will think lowly of a mind that hasn’t amassed as much documentation

        Lol yes!

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  • NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oh, I know. And I’m currently setting up audits on qualifications and alignment to our nation’s higher education standards…at a research university.

    My condolences. My wife is in academia as well. I wouldn’t wish that on my worst enemy 🤣

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