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Apprenticeship is simply 1:1 training over some extended period. Of course, it can go well or very badly.

Focusing on the structure of that relationship and hoping that more bureaucracy will protect the most vulnerable PhD students from misaligned advisors just doesn’t seem to work in my experience.

The fundamental issue is the incentive structure. Without changing it you’ll just drive personal abuse further behind closed doors.

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