The number of grad students who want to stay in academia is dropping because dramatically better salaries and work/life balance compared in industry

statnews.com/2022/11/10/tippin

Although this trend makes my life harder (since it is very hard to recruit good postdocs), i see it as generally positive. We need to be thinking about new sustainable models for conducting research in academia - and this "tipping point" will force us to grapple with this.

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@jerlich wondering if part time industry and academia might be an option? I have a couple of work colleagues who do work in academia on the side.

@barefootstache I think industry sponsored postdocs is definitely one way mechanism that might be sustainable.

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