what academia rewards

2026-08-01 22:56 Note Type: insight Tags: professor, academia, PhD

I read a beautiful article titled, "Diary of a Wimpy Academic: Restless thoughts on what academia rewards" by Professor Shumaila Yousafzai.

If we don’t change what we reward, we will keep producing brilliant people who feel unseen…strategic people who survive…institutions that are functional on paper, but hollow for what matters.