Johns Hopkins: time to thin out the PhD herd

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<p>Good to see that at least some prestigious universities are taking proactive measures to address the glut within the labor market in the sciences. </p>

<p>[Johns</a> Hopkins plans to lower Ph.D. enrollment and raise grad student stipends.](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/articles/life/education/2013/12/johns_hopkins_plans_to_lower_ph_d_enrollment_and_raise_grad_student_stipends.html]Johns”>Johns Hopkins plans to lower Ph.D. enrollment and raise grad student stipends.)</p>

<p>This is the state of reality of employment in many of the sciences: never ending post-docs and low pay in academia, and a dearth of opportunities for newly minted scientists in industry.</p>

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<p>I agree- When you have PhDs not being able to find jobs, you know you’ve got too many of them.</p>

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<p>I was going to apply for a PhD awhile back. Then, I looked at these forums and noticed the poor career prospects and how my friends were struggling I changed my mind in a quickness.</p>