Are you sure? Two urban/race ethnographers just left Chicago. And what market star has Chicago produced recently?
Every top department has its strengths and weaknesses. It all comes down to fit by the end of the day. If you wanna be an ethnographer but choose Wisconsin over Chicago, you probably need a brain check. Same thing if a demographer chooses Chicago over Wisconsin.
Who is the ethnographer left at Wisconsin??? And don't expect AG to stay in Madison forever... Chicago still has plenty of ethnographers around and the Chicago School is not a joke.
Are you sure? Two urban/race ethnographers just left Chicago. And what market star has Chicago produced recently?
Every top department has its strengths and weaknesses. It all comes down to fit by the end of the day. If you wanna be an ethnographer but choose Wisconsin over Chicago, you probably need a brain check. Same thing if a demographer chooses Chicago over Wisconsin.
The stats classes are also a lower TA workload than the other classes. Basically, it's qual students who really need to worry about this, and they should worry.
always-bitter wisco ethnographer colleague detected; and you are talking out your ***.
did you actually TA a stats course at wisconsin? if you think (1) grading weekly stats homework, (2) explaining a t-test to confused undergrads in office hours, (3) teaching Stata to undergrads , (4) helping undergrads with a term paper project, (5) hearing complaints about "the lowest grade I ever got in a sociology class" and (6) dealing with the wisconsin stats profs are easy and a "lower workload", then feel free and sign up !!!!! (wisconsin is always short stats TAs for a reason, Einstein)
The stats classes are also a lower TA workload than the other classes. Basically, it's qual students who really need to worry about this, and they should worry.
always-bitter wisco ethnographer colleague detected; and you are talking out your ***.
did you actually TA a stats course at wisconsin? if you think (1) grading weekly stats homework, (2) explaining a t-test to confused undergrads in office hours, (3) teaching Stata to undergrads , (4) helping undergrads with a term paper project, (5) hearing complaints about "the lowest grade I ever got in a sociology class" and (6) dealing with the wisconsin stats profs are easy and a "lower workload", then feel free and sign up !!!!! (wisconsin is always short stats TAs for a reason, Einstein)
Wisconsin is always short stats TAs because the grad students who are qualified to TA stats usually have more attractive employment options (which is why I said students with quant skills shouldn't worry so much about funding at Wisconsin, but students without those skills should). I'm not saying it's a good job, but I'd rather do it than TAing five sections of anything.
The yield was something ridiculous like > 80% .. so in terms of recruitment that is a big win. In terms of funding for 2017 incoming cohort, perhaps not so hot.
Wisconsin has an incoming cohort of 37, its biggest in recent memory. This has been discussed elsewhere on the site.
I thought all Wisconsin schools were in freefall with faculty leaving given Scott Walker and those tenure changes? Seems risky if you're going there for someone in particular, although probably more affordable compared to Chicago.
Leave science. You have no instinct re: the truth.