Education as a Complex System
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Author(s)
Ghaffarzadegan, Navid
Hawley, Joshua
Larson, Winston
Date Issued
June 2016
Journal
Systems Research and Behavioral Science
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Citation
Ghaffarzadegan, Navid et al. “Education as a Complex System.” Systems Research and Behavioral Science 34, 3 (June 2016): 211–215 © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
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Abstract
It was a cold rainy day in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Navid was working in his office at E40, one of MIT ’s oldest buildings. E40 used to be a factory in the 1930s and was now hosting a large number of students, researchers, visitors, and faculty members. As a postdoctoral researcher, Navid was sharing an office with another postdoc, a long-time friend. Like many
other researchers in temporary positions, they were both looking for tenure-track academic jobs. Navid and his friend had different training
and areas of interest, but they shared an opinion on the job outlook: it was not a seller’s market. Each job opening received hundreds of applica-
tions, and it was very difficult to compete. Standing near the window and sipping from his cup of coffee, Navid heard Professor Dick Larson knock on the door. Dick was Navid’s supervisor.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
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https://doi.org/10.1002/SRES.2405
