Best Places to Work 2006: Academia

Best Places to Work 2006: Academia © JENNIFER TRENCHARD © THOMAS ROPKE/CORBIS Our annual survey picks the 40 best academic institutions. See where yours - or the one you're considering moving to - fared. Assistant publisher MARIA W. ANDERSON highlights trends and zeroes in on what made top schools great. By Maria W. Anderson, with reporting by Juhi Yajnik Related Articles: Best Places to Work Survey Index Best Places to Work in Academia 2006

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By Maria W. Anderson, with reporting by Juhi Yajnik

Best Places to Work Survey Index

Best Places to Work in Academia 2006 Survey Methodology

Ranking Tables:

Top 50 US Academic Institutions

Top 15 US Academic Institutions

Factors Most and Least Important to US Academic Scientists

Top 10 UK Academic Institutions and Factors Most Important to UK Academia Scientists

Top 5 Canadian Academic Institutions and Factors Most Important to Canadian Academic Scientists

Past BPTW Performance of the 2006 Top 15 US Academia Institutions

The results are in: The Scientist's readers this year ranked St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee as the best place to work in US academia. As an unnamed respondent from St. Jude put it in The Scientist's 2006 Best Places to Work in Academia survey: "The mission of our institution-treating children with cancer and finding new therapies for childhood diseases-is pervasive throughout the institution at all ...

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