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The Rand report concludes that, although adequate data and accurate assessments of labor market conditions are important for many different parties, early career and prospective scientists are especially vulnerable.

Like many of the folks here at Next Wave my professional journey has been radically nonlinear. I was a North Carolina...

"Something quite unique about computer science: We don't have a postdoc tradition. That's because we have historically had so many positions available in Ph.D.-granting departments and available for fresh Ph.D.s. Traditionally, when you get your Ph.D. [in computer science], you've got some place to go. There was always more demand than there was supply, and industry was soaking up half."

John Long, his collaborators, and his Vassar undergraduates study fish biomechanics and behavior.

University of Oxford chemist Carol Robinson returned to academia after an 8-year break and went on to win the FEBS/EMBO Women in Science Award.

Computer science veteran Ed Lazowska argues that his field is poised to dominate careers in the sciences.