The abortion rate in the United States tended to decline after the the first couple of decadent decades of legalized abortion following the Roe decision on January 22, 1973.
There's something particularly narcissistic about a college professor refusing to let go of the reins.
I imagine the math is similar to that if the Navy Enlisted rank system. When I was serving I thought it was particularly amusing that a Master Chief retiring meant that a significant number of junior enlisted would need to be promoted.
I don't remember the exact numbers, but for the sake of the argument for every E-9 we would need to promote something like a hundred E-4s. (Pardon any errors, I have been out a while).
So how many Graduate students do we need every time an elderly professor retires or passes away?
What Professor Cochrane seems to be suggesting is that rather than make the pursuit of tenure an ultra-competitive snakepit that goes on into the late 30s, senior professors should work harder to pick the most promising candidates for full professorships at an early age, say a couple of years into grad school, and turn away the rest.
This is how universities worked "back in the days" but dapypol consider it nepotistic and the like. So "senior professors" invented credential-ism to justify through the meritocratic delusion them picking the same "most promising candidate", with an added layer of bureaucracy.
Imvho, co-optation is the only way an academic institution can work (tests are too basic) and nepotism is not a valid critique: does credential-ism stopped Claudine Gay?
Marriage is a reactionary, patriarchal institution beloved of the Far Right and Christian nationalists. Nor is it even necessary for the production of children - Iceland has both the highest rate of "illegitimacy" and the highest TFR in Europe.
According to Japanese government figures released in 2010, there were at that time 700,000 individuals living as hikikomori within Japan, with an average age of 31. Still, the numbers vary widely among experts. These included the hikikomori who were at that time in their 40s and had spent 20 years in isolation. This group is generally referred to as the "first-generation hikikomori". There is concern about their reintegration into society in what is known as "the 2030 Problem", when they will be in their 60s and their parents begin to die. Additionally, the government estimates that 1.55 million people are on the verge of becoming hikikomori.
An option for these women would be to find a husband like me. I have stayed home with the kids for 18 years now. Our oldest is going to a top college this fall.
The solution isn’t to normalize having children during studies/ grad school; the issue is more pernicious than this. The problem is teaching women (and men) that they were meant for higher education in the first place. Your average Joe or Jane shouldn’t be having access to these institutions. The increase of women in higher ed has diluted its usefulness and value in society, as well as introduced critical theory and subjective narratives in the college world. We need individualized education from primary age. I will plan to write more about this later in a response article.
This is a really outdated conception of the problem. The solution is that universities should mostly go away entirely. These places are largely obsolete in a world that is now several decades post-Internet. Meaningful discourse on politics, religion, etc., has been shut out by universities long ago; it now mostly takes place online, meanwhile universities just serve as corrupt temples to leftism. Universities should be for highly technical professions such as medicine and engineering, and the research associated with them; all the other stuff should be shut down.
There's something particularly narcissistic about a college professor refusing to let go of the reins.
I imagine the math is similar to that if the Navy Enlisted rank system. When I was serving I thought it was particularly amusing that a Master Chief retiring meant that a significant number of junior enlisted would need to be promoted.
I don't remember the exact numbers, but for the sake of the argument for every E-9 we would need to promote something like a hundred E-4s. (Pardon any errors, I have been out a while).
So how many Graduate students do we need every time an elderly professor retires or passes away?
What Professor Cochrane seems to be suggesting is that rather than make the pursuit of tenure an ultra-competitive snakepit that goes on into the late 30s, senior professors should work harder to pick the most promising candidates for full professorships at an early age, say a couple of years into grad school, and turn away the rest.
This is how universities worked "back in the days" but dapypol consider it nepotistic and the like. So "senior professors" invented credential-ism to justify through the meritocratic delusion them picking the same "most promising candidate", with an added layer of bureaucracy.
Imvho, co-optation is the only way an academic institution can work (tests are too basic) and nepotism is not a valid critique: does credential-ism stopped Claudine Gay?
> This slowdown, together with the widespread norm that women will wait until tenure before starting families,
How about we eliminate that norm.
Marriage is a reactionary, patriarchal institution beloved of the Far Right and Christian nationalists. Nor is it even necessary for the production of children - Iceland has both the highest rate of "illegitimacy" and the highest TFR in Europe.
According to Japanese government figures released in 2010, there were at that time 700,000 individuals living as hikikomori within Japan, with an average age of 31. Still, the numbers vary widely among experts. These included the hikikomori who were at that time in their 40s and had spent 20 years in isolation. This group is generally referred to as the "first-generation hikikomori". There is concern about their reintegration into society in what is known as "the 2030 Problem", when they will be in their 60s and their parents begin to die. Additionally, the government estimates that 1.55 million people are on the verge of becoming hikikomori.
People have always worked, moved, had kids - I don't know what's changed. Yes, it's hard.
Stances on abortion are just vibes about whether you like children or not.
I will make a response article to this.
An option for these women would be to find a husband like me. I have stayed home with the kids for 18 years now. Our oldest is going to a top college this fall.
Needed, a more child-friendly lifestyle: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U0C9HKW
The solution isn’t to normalize having children during studies/ grad school; the issue is more pernicious than this. The problem is teaching women (and men) that they were meant for higher education in the first place. Your average Joe or Jane shouldn’t be having access to these institutions. The increase of women in higher ed has diluted its usefulness and value in society, as well as introduced critical theory and subjective narratives in the college world. We need individualized education from primary age. I will plan to write more about this later in a response article.
This is a really outdated conception of the problem. The solution is that universities should mostly go away entirely. These places are largely obsolete in a world that is now several decades post-Internet. Meaningful discourse on politics, religion, etc., has been shut out by universities long ago; it now mostly takes place online, meanwhile universities just serve as corrupt temples to leftism. Universities should be for highly technical professions such as medicine and engineering, and the research associated with them; all the other stuff should be shut down.