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electricslpnsld on March 21, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: Peer review: the end of an error?

> A lot of reviewing for conferences is actually being done by Ph.D. students. They have to do it, whether they are on a stipend or not.

Most (all?) PhD students in science and engineering are on fellowships, at least in the US. Major research universities will not admit unfunded PhD students.

_wjtv on March 21, 2018 [–]

Oh boy, would I love that to be the case as an unfunded PhD student, working a separate job as visiting faculty.

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