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Research on academics’ writing practices has revealed tensions around the ways in which managerial practices interact with academics’ individual career goals, disciplinary values and sense of scholarly identity.
When a new grad student indicates an interest in an academic career, I ask, “So you want to be a Hollywood producer?”
As expectations of early career researchers rise ever higher, some established colleagues are failing to pull their weight.
Many professors frequently write tenure-review letters, but as a community, we’re not regularly discussing how we should be doing so, argues Eric Goldman.
Legislation proposed by State Rep. Rick Brattin, a Republican, would also fix a "broken" system by requiring public colleges to publish the price of individual degrees and the job prospects for students who earn them.
A new study commenced work at the start of 2017: the “Next Generation Researchers Initiative,” directed by the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine.
Understanding the unwritten rules of graduate study is vital if you want to get the most from your PhD supervision.
While postdocs are necessary for entry into tenure-track jobs, they do not enhance salaries in other job sectors over time.
It’s often argued that studying the liberal arts will enrich the life of the mind. For STEM majors, it can also give them a practical advantage in their careers.
Using Census Data to Inform Policy and Career Decision-Making
Fixing problems in the academic job market by reducing the number of PhDs would homogenise the sector, argues Tom Cutterham.
Gary McDowell, Misty Heggeness and colleagues present census data showing how the biomedical workforce is fundamentally different to those of past generations – academia should study the trends, and adapt.
Young scientists angry at budget cuts say they have been denied permanent jobs.
Having examined the organisation of Europe’s academic labour markets, Alexandre Afonso outlines the main differences between countries across the continent. There is greatest variance in two …
Postdocs nationwide were set to have an increased minimum salary or become eligible for overtime pay until a court injunction halted new Department of Labor regulations.
New analysis finds that smaller labs get more bang for the buck.
Using analytics to improve hiring decisions has transformed industries from baseball to investment banking. So why are tenure decisions for professors still made the old-fashioned way?, asks Erik Brynjolfsson from MIT.
Research performance of all Italian professors in the sciences over three consecutive four-year periods.
Part one of a longitudinal study over three years about the behaviour of researchers under 35 who have yet to achieve established or tenured positions.
Technology and practice can help shy and introverted researchers to succeed when reticence is risky.
Today, the Board on Higher Education and Workforce at the NAS announced the formation of a 16-person committee to work on the Next Generation of Researchers study. This study was commissioned by the U.S. Congress in the fiscal 2016 omnibus appropriations package that passed in December 2015.
Community driven paid reviews could work in conjunction with a feed-back loop to young scientists. This promote the integration of reviews into an academic career.
