I chanced upon this article on the NPR website, which seems germane in light of our discussion about Marxism; certainly the politics and realities of class relations are inseparable from academia as well (not surprisingly). This might also be an occasion to cite the new issue of Workplace: A Journal for Academic Labor, which, in the newest volume, is devoted to "The New Academic Labor Market and Graduate Students" (in his article, Paul Cook even uses Foucault to assess the advice that's provided to graduate students by their mentors and by the profession).
Finally, one more link to send your way: "In Defense of the Humanities Ph.D.", from the newest issue of The Atlantic, which assesses the tension between the "lottery setup" of the graduate school endeavor vs. the necessity of following one's passions.
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