Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Staff, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : National Academies Press, 1998.
Temas:
Life scientists > Employment > United States.
Life scientists > Training of > United States.
Life sciences > Vocational guidance > United States.
Spécialistes des sciences de la vie > Travail > États-Unis.
Spécialistes des sciences de la vie > Formation > États-Unis.
Sciences de la vie > Orientation professionnelle > États-Unis.
Life sciences > Vocational guidance
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • CHARGE
  • FINDINGS
  • IMPLICATIONS
  • CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • The Impact of Foreign Nationals
  • Responsibility for Effecting Change
  • 1 Introduction
  • A CAPSULE HISTORY OF AMERICAN RESEARCH IN THE LIFE SCIENCES
  • THE STRUCTURE OF THE LIFE-SCIENCE ENTERPRISE
  • THE SHAPE OF GRADUATE EDUCATION
  • THE POSTDOCTORAL EXPERIENCE
  • THE PURSUIT OF A JOB
  • THE PURSUIT OF RESEARCH SUPPORT
  • THE CHARACTER OF THE RESEARCH ENVIRONMENT
  • GRADUATES OF TOP-RATED INSTITUTIONSFIELD DIFFERENCES
  • DISCUSSION
  • REFERENCES
  • 4 Opportunities, Constraints, and Future Needs
  • EXCITING EMERGING FIELDS OF INQUIRY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES
  • Neuroscience
  • Gene Therapy
  • Structural Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Environmental Issues
  • Biologic Control of Plant Pests
  • Aquaculture
  • PROSPECTS FOR RESEARCH FUNDING
  • CHANGES FACING HIGHER EDUCATION
  • Changes in the Financing of Undergraduate Education
  • Difficulties in Recovering the Costs of Externally Supported Research
  • Changes in Retention and Hiring of FacultyChanges in Academic Health Centers
  • Changes in Research and Instruction Dealing with Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • CHANGES FACING INDUSTRY
  • Doing the Most with the Fewest
  • Mergers and Outsourcing
  • Applied vs. Fundamental Research
  • TRENDS IN GOVERNMENT
  • THE DIVERSITY AND SPECTRUM OF CAREERS FOR LIFE-SCIENCE PHDS
  • Academic-Career Trends
  • Comprehensive Bachelors and Masters Degree Granting Institutions
  • Two-Year and Community Colleges
  • Secondary Schools
  • Trends in Law, Journalism, and Other FieldsREFERENCES
  • 5 Implications of the Findings
  • CHANGING CAREER PROSPECTS FOR LIFE-SCIENCE PHDS
  • CHANGES IN THE RESEARCH AND TRAINING ENTERPRISE
  • IS THERE A PROBLEM? AN ANALYSIS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES
  • Administrators and Established Researchers
  • Funding Agencies
  • Incoming Graduate Students
  • Senior Graduate Students
  • Postdoctoral Fellows
  • Young Investigators
  • The American People
  • THE CRISIS OF EXPECTATION
  • FACTORS AFFECTING THE FUTURE VITALITY OF THE LIFE-SCIENCE ENTERPRISE

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