tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post2756096745880007768..comments2024-03-27T19:58:17.387-05:00Comments on Computational Complexity: The Grad Student TaxLance Fortnowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06752030912874378610noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-41779632126309789222017-11-23T17:14:59.411-06:002017-11-23T17:14:59.411-06:00feels like too many CS departments want profs who ...feels like too many CS departments want profs who will bring in middle six figures of grants a year rather than educators who can also do good researchAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-72901667673218579832017-11-22T22:50:19.907-06:002017-11-22T22:50:19.907-06:00Are you sure that, as you say, "we already do...Are you sure that, as you say, "we already don't come close to producing enough CS PhD students entering academia to meet the dramatically growing demand"? It seems like for every open faculty position in CS, there are tons of qualified applicants knocking on the door.<br /><br />And regarding contacting senators and the like, it seems pretty futile from the perspective of someone living in areas where the relevant politicians are already guaranteed not to vote for the bill.Daniel Seitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00894162693847364639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-56414420645909851542017-11-20T10:12:41.492-06:002017-11-20T10:12:41.492-06:00"As high as $50K per year" is what you&#..."As high as $50K per year" is what you'd pay at some private universities for graduate student tuition if you were a self supporting student. In the STEM disciplines virtually all graduate students work as research or teaching assistants and get tuition remission. For an RA, the tuition is then charged to a grant and is not counted as income to the student by the IRS. This is a special case, different from the treatment of tuition remission for full time employees. <br /> Brian Borchershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216044824246034466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-33241158591832626982017-11-20T08:58:59.804-06:002017-11-20T08:58:59.804-06:00Just a question - how did the US universities calc...Just a question - how did the US universities calculate the "presumed tuition" to be as high as $50K per year? Where I live the tuition (before government subsidy) is calculated to be less.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3722233.post-44632202044742162462017-11-20T07:33:43.917-06:002017-11-20T07:33:43.917-06:00I thought that under the current tax code only $5,...I thought that under the current tax code only $5,250 of tuition remission was tax-free per year. I also thought that $4,000 in tuition was tax-deductible in general. Wouldn't that mean students would only be seeing a $1,250 change in their taxable income?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com