Graduate Education : the bits and pieces
A recent analysis of current trend of graduate education among freshers shows a sharp increase in the number of students who have set graduate education as their top priority goal. For the sake of clarification, I should explain that freshers refer to bachelors degree holders less than about 5 years experience and graduate education refer to Masters or a PhD course. The analysis is referring to students in the engineering streams. Does this trend indicate youngsters being more interested in developing higher intellect or motivated towards research? Or is there something else that is trending? In my opinion, there are a couple of reasons I can think of, that might explain this increased interest in higher degree courses: Recession / Global Meltdown : It is a time when no one is certain, how long you are going to have your job. The probability that your boss might shut the doors upon you tomorrow morning is more than a mere threat. The only area which hasn't been much af...
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