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The self-fulfilling prophecy of fear of academic failure

The self-fulfilling prophecy of fear of academic failure

Academic success in Higher Education is influenced by a number of different factors. This paper tackles the question if the individual levels of motivation, anxiety, enjoyment and self-efficacy, measured immediately before entering university, influence the probability of academic success. Former studies have shown an influence of the high school grade, the learning environment and motivational variables. They do not investigate, however, the individual levels of the mentioned constructs before the beginning of the studies. This research was conducted at the University of St. Gallen/Switzerland. The sample includes 695 first-year students who provided information about the individual level of the mentioned constructs. 

Lab life: Lone-parent scientist : Naturejobs

Lab life: Lone-parent scientist : Naturejobs

Limited institutional resources mean that single parents often need a network of support to further their scientific careers.

Insider's view of faculty search kicks off discussion online

Insider's view of faculty search kicks off discussion online

A Harvard professor reveals how his hiring committee whittles down the pile of job applications.

You want a letter? You write it for me

You want a letter? You write it for me

A few years back, I asked two colleagues for letters of support for my grant proposal. One colleague drafted a letter personally. The other, citing heavy time pressures, asked me to draft the letter myself.

A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories

A spatiotemporal analysis of Brazilian science from the perspective of researchers' career trajectories

An analysis of the education of researchers that constitute the main Brazilian research groups, using data on about 6,000 researchers.

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

Massive pool of US biomedical postdocs starts to shrink

A decades-long surge in the numbers of US biomedical postdocs may finally have ended..

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

2015 Nature graduate-student survey

Graduate students dream of academia but are keeping their career options open, according to a 2015 Nature survey.

Pressure to publish may discourage innovative research

Pressure to publish may discourage innovative research

The researchers' conclusions are drawn from a database they assembled of more than 6 million scholarly publications in biomedicine and chemistry.

Toward a sustainable biomedical research enterprise: Finding consensus and implementing recommendations

Toward a sustainable biomedical research enterprise: Finding consensus and implementing recommendations

[32]Crowdfunding | Is crowdfunding a viable source of clinical trial research funding?

Science professors need leadership training

Science professors need leadership training

To drive discovery, scientists heading up research teams large and small need to learn how people operate, argue C. Leiserson and C. McVinney.

A time limit on postdoctoral contracts: the French experience

A time limit on postdoctoral contracts: the French experience

in 2012 a new law ordered French public employers to offer stable employment to workers after 6 years of short-term contracts. It backfired.