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