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Issue for September 14, 2007

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    Undergraduates Ask: Should I Do a Ph.D.?

    By: 
    Elisabeth Pain

    Spending some time investigating your interests before starting a Ph.D. will improve the likelihood that you pick a project that keeps your interest over several years.

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    Opportunities: The Most Important Venture Capitalist

    By: 
    Peter Fiske

    Government grants for technology-based businesses are very similar to those you might win in academia, but because they are given to small businesses, there is an added focus on technology commercialization.

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    Make Way for the Next Generation: Junior Faculty Are Moving In

    By: 
    Julie Clayton

    Universities across the United States and Europe are increasingly reshaping recruitment policies in order to attract and retain more junior faculty. Replacing the old sink or swim attitude is a desire to provide a more supportive and nurturing environment. Driving the new trend are several factors, including a concern that many of today's senior faculty are approaching retirement age and will need to be replaced, and a desire to have faculty that more closely reflect the gender and ethnic diversity of the population they serve.

    A Science/AAAS Custom Publishing Office feature.

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