Career Magazine

Editor's note: MiSciNet's "Dear MentorDoctor" will appear every other month and is designed to help mentors and students with situations that commonly arise in academia. Do you have questions for MiSciNet's MentorDoctor team? Please send inquiries to
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Remote collaboration … Funding for foreign postdocs.

The GrantDoctor is here to help! Send questions to
grantdoctor@aaas.org. Please put "GDR" in the subject header of your E-mail message.

The first and most important key to any negotiation is to know your bottom line.

Whether you are starting classes at a community college or nearing completion of your associate degree, don't forget that many scientists, mathematicians, and engineers started their careers at two-year schools.