This is so timely and important. I teach at an American R-1 university with passionate, caring colleagues and have witnessed these devastating changes over the years. Architecture is an in-between field where the arts and business intertwine. Our students are adamant about work-life balance (ideally), which is a good sign. My son is a graduating senior in psychology at the same school. He was just telling me that at a recent career fair, recruiters didn’t have paying jobs but were hawking internships for young people to get their foot in the door. How unconscionable. To do the hard work for four years at university only to be offered a 9-to-5 that pays nothing? It’s late-stage Capitalism in a nutshell. Exploitation all the way down.
This is so timely and important. I teach at an American R-1 university with passionate, caring colleagues and have witnessed these devastating changes over the years. Architecture is an in-between field where the arts and business intertwine. Our students are adamant about work-life balance (ideally), which is a good sign. My son is a graduating senior in psychology at the same school. He was just telling me that at a recent career fair, recruiters didn’t have paying jobs but were hawking internships for young people to get their foot in the door. How unconscionable. To do the hard work for four years at university only to be offered a 9-to-5 that pays nothing? It’s late-stage Capitalism in a nutshell. Exploitation all the way down.