Proposed Law Would Require Institutions to Disclose Alumni Outcomes
We at Science Careers have long urged graduate programs to track and make public their graduates’ and postdocs’ career outcomes so that people consi…
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Making the Undergraduate-to-Medical-School Transition
During medical school orientations just a few decades ago, it was common for the Dean or another senior speaker to say to the assembled freshman class: “L… -
Scientists and Diversity in Industry: Who Stays? Who Goes?
Last month, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, part of the National Science Foundation, released a report called “Diversity in Sc… -
A New Postdoc Contract at U Mass Amherst
The Boston Globe is reporting that unionized postdocs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) have overwhelmingly approved a new contract wit… -
NIH Working Group Recommends Reducing the Number of Postdocs and Students NIH Supports
In case you missed it: Near the end of a Science Careers blog post from Michael Price yesterday, on a report documenting the results of an National Institutes o… -
45 Tech Companies to Double their Engineering Internships
The President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness announced yesterday at a panel discussion in Portland, Oregon, that it had secured a commitment from 4… -
Equality in Academe
Gender inequality in academic science is a much-discussed issue. But a new study reported 23 August by Inside Higher Ed has identified -
The Value of Engaging with the Public
Research Councils UK (RCUK) have just released a video showing how the public can benefit from interacting with researchers, and how researchers can benefit fro… -
Matching Scientists with Adventurers
Gregg Treinish, a man whose hiking credentials include a stroll along most of the Andes, took part in the Appalachian Trail Days event last weekend with an unus… -
Peer Support Could Be Good for Your Health
Getting along with your colleagues may not only be good for your work satisfaction and productivity, it could be good for your health, too. That’…
