US PhD program timeline: 1. Meet adbisor 2. Research proposal 3. Qualifying exams 4. Propose dissertation 5. Reseaech and write 6. Submit 7. Defend The last two steps in the timeline are crossed out and replaced -- in red -- by: 6. Get grabbed of the sidewalk by masked governnent agents 7. Be whisked out of the state before a judge has time to intervene 8. ????
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