Discouraged Job-Seekers Cite Crisis In Science Career Advice
As available academic researchjobs decline, many are questioning the wisdom of traditional maxims like 'the cream rises to the top' Rapid and accelerating changes in the structure of United States science have left many scientists bitterly disenchanted and feeling that they have been left high and dry, trapped in dead-end careers, the victims of misleading or downright bad career advice. DOUBTER: Kevin Aylesworth says that graduate advisors have a vested interest in keeping students in resear
May 28, 1995
As available academic researchjobs decline, many are questioning the wisdom of traditional maxims like 'the cream rises to the top' |
![]() DOUBTER: Kevin Aylesworth says that graduate advisors have a vested interest in keeping students in research. |
Many feel that the implications of these changes are being communicated poorly, if at all, to those contemplating...
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