{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"World leading higher education information and services","provider_url":"https:\/\/world.edu","author_name":"Kevin","author_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/author\/kevin\/","title":"Should a PhD be hard? - World leading higher education information and services","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s3k5hr0KoV\"><a href=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/should-a-phd-be-hard\/\">Should a PhD be hard?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/world.edu\/should-a-phd-be-hard\/embed\/#?secret=s3k5hr0KoV\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Should a PhD be hard?&#8221; &#8212; World leading higher education information and services\" data-secret=\"s3k5hr0KoV\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/world.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/phd_boundXX.jpg","thumbnail_width":680,"thumbnail_height":455,"description":"Of course a PhD is \u201chard\u201d \u2013 as in it \u201chas a high difficulty setting\u201d and also \u201cis a lot of work\u201d. It is three or more years of creating new knowledge, after all. But how \u201chard\u201d should it be, and what kind of \u201chard\u201d? In my work teaching research and writing skills at La [&hellip;]"}