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> The single largest population employed in research and teaching capacity is graduate students Which is why I clarified "and not working towards a degree anymore". > Find a few people in PhD programs in the US and tell them you don't think they're in academia I have a lot more experience interacting with PhD students than you seem to assume, and I can assure you that one of the most worn out conversation topics is w…
This seems very tied to the specific phrase "working in academia" which you appear to have introduced. Would you argue that grad students aren't academics?
They are training to be academics