Uncensored2008
Libertarian Radical
You are either not in a science program, married with kids or the job is part of the doctoral program.
In the pure sciences, you are given a grant to help pay for tuition and expenses within the first year, or they are telling you to leave!!
SCM and LEAN systems. At this point it is all about the team research project, the dissertation. We must publish or perish.
In some universities the doctoral candidates are unpaid help for the professors. In my case this is not true. When I was an undergrad at Cal Poly there were courses where I never saw the professor, the DC's taught the entire course.