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The academic research enterprise is now an intensely competitive multibillion-dollar establishment, fueled by government money and utterly dependent on inexpensive graduate student and postdoc labor.

"Even extremely negative, stressful postdocs remain tremendous learning experiences and are accompanied with positive experiences if one chooses to seek them ... as I did." --Frank Lee-Bitter

Vasquez wants "industry to step to the plate and find a way for high school teachers ... [to have] a real job in the summertime in a laboratory." Discussions with several industry leaders have thus far been encouraging, she told Next Wave.

"All the people who put the reports together have one or another of their personal needs fulfilled … but it doesn’t help the nation." - Vivek Wadhwa

According to NSF statistics, doctoral scientists' median income rises with each year of experience until late middle age, peaking 25 to 29 years after the Ph.D. at just under $100,000.

Professional science master's degrees, like the Master of Business Administration degree on which they are modeled, are designed as terminal credentials for people seeking science-based careers outside of academe.

Early-career issues for postdocs and other researchers who deserve better

"The NIH funding crisis is chronic, systemic, and much worse than reported." --Peter Cariani

Some veterans may prefer to trade the tools of their military trades for protractors, compasses, and tracking calculators--what a corny joke calls "weapons of math instruction."

Some veterans may prefer to trade the tools of their military trades for protractors, compasses, and tracking calculators--what a corny joke calls "weapons of math instruction."

"Key questions cannot be answered because no agency has collected certain critical information, such as the size of the early-career pool." --From the
ARISE report

"The University of Connecticut postdoc union is obviously a model and an inspiration for us." --Matthew O'Connor

Former postdoc-activist Laure Haak has learned firsthand why, despite an
abundance of impeccably trained postdocs, good help in industry is hard to
find.

Research shows that large admissions preferences stymie studies in science and technical subjects.

The American Chemical Society boldly and insightfully examines what's wrong with graduate education—and how to fix it.

High-skill immigration reform is more complicated and contentious than it looks, an expert conference shows.

The labor economist has worked for years behind the scenes, but this year she went public.

A wise skilled-immigration policy would consider the quality of international students in making visa decisions, three experts argue.

Who says scientists aren't great romantics?

The state employment board count of cards confirms a majority, officially unionizing the nation's largest group of postdocs.