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Jones believes that senior scientists have "lost a sense of accountability to the next generation insofar as all of our interests in them are self interests ... so that
our career can get advanced but not necessarily
their career."

"If, in the course of the day, faculty spend some time talking about their career and careers in general, it wouldn’t be something they would have to keep a note of in a logbook and say, ‘Oh, this isn’t research-related.’ ”--Joseph Ellis

Postdocs' prospects are dimmed by the new Administration's many competing priorities and a lack of understanding at the highest levels of the scientific work-force glut.

In hard economic times, the controversial H-1B visa program, which lowers wages for Americans while exposing foreign scientists to the whims of employers, needs major reform.

What does the tale of Douglas Prasher, the protein, and the Nobel Prize reveal about the scientific labor market?

How the stimulus affects the scientific labor market depends on what comes after it.

As science-funding agencies begin to dispense the huge stimulus appropriation, opinions about its ultimate impact on early-career scientists are mixed.

In the wake of a lab worker's death, experts warn that many academic labs are unsafe.

State OSHA investigations of a fatal fire at UCLA point to changes needed to make academic labs safer.

Rutgers postdocs join their bosses' union as union efforts multiply across the continent.

Traditional PI-centered research can't solve today's big technological problems, a lab leader asserts.

A new book takes a revealing look at careers in academic science.

Ruth L. Kirschstein's life of research and service provides a powerful example for young scientists.

A postdoc's new company wins one the 37 coveted first-round ARPA-E grants.

Concern for lab safety advances -- slowly -- while University of California postdoc contract negotiations stall.

His life in tatters, one former UMass postdoc sues his college and his adviser as postdocs on three UMass campuses unionize.

Research finds that scientists' career-related preferences are far wider than stereotypes suggest -- and that industry is likely to be an excellent choice for many.

Scientists' strong propensity to pair up romantically, research shows, can either help or hurt their careers.

Two issues important to postdocs and other science trainees have been elevated recently to the federal level.

In a debate long dominated by industry voices, statistician and tech expert Norman Matloff speaks up for the little people.