Ph.D. Dropouts
An interesting article by the The Chronicle of Higher Education: Doctor Dropout: High attrition from Ph.D. programs is sucking away time, talent, and money and breaking some hearts, too
"If actual attrition is really around 50 percent, then this is a scandal," says Michael S. Teitelbaum, a program director at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. "It's a serious waste of resources and a terrible waste of time and energy on the part of students."
(thanks to jeremy for the link)
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Interesting article!