Argument: Masters programs often treated as cash cows for other programs

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“The Education Bubble.” Mark C. Taylor, the chairman of the religion department at Columbia University on the New York Times Room for Debate blog. June 30th, 2009: “One of the dirty secrets of many research universities is that they treat master’s students as cash cows that fund other activities.”

Stephen Joel Trachtenberg. “The Value of an M.A.” New York Times Room for Debate Blog. June 30th, 2009: “A cynic might conclude that the M.A. degree is the stepchild of the university community, is increasingly a commodity offered by universities in order to earn tuition dollars devoted to the Ph.D. programs.”