should graduate students be paid for service work? yes, at least a little bit
On my Facebook feed, the issue of graduate student service popped up. How much service do graduate students perform? Should they be compensated? I won’t discuss what people said privately, but I’ll offer a few of my thoughts here because it’s a good question. Let’s start with some “facts on the ground:” Graduate students often […]
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Not a "useful question." The cases in which he expects students to be paid are cases in which *students themselves* have agitated for participation. 99.9% of the time, nobody asked them to serve on the committee (and nobody really *wants* them to serve on the committee). They are there because someone, 20 years ago, protested that "students should have representation on this committee." It is like a courtesy appointment of a sociologist to a policy school. You can call yourself an affiliate, but you don't get any resources. Fabio talking off the top of his head again.
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