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After lengthy talks, and some strategic arm-twisting, the University of California comes to terms with its postdoc union.

A spate of recent books presents a wide range of analyses -- and some common answers -- about what ails academe.

Research suggests that many able women view careers in hard science as inimical to important values.

Recent reports from the National Academies see no break in the clouds over the scientific labor market.

The first postdoctoral professional master’s degree graduates are very positive about the program.

Can young scientists publish without a mentor's support?

Recent research questions some popular estimates of the role of the foreign-born in founding high-tech companies.

Two university-based jobs programs are helping to boost opportunities for scientists who are already trained.

The vast wealth of the oil-rich Arab states is creating opportunities for scientists who can stand the heat.

A Senate hearing highlights the split between institutions' and workers' interests.

A former lab manager argues that modern information systems hold the key to safer academic labs.

A former postdoc finds teaching high school a deeply satisfying career.

What happens when an influx of established talent invades a small research field?

Why do clinical medicine and academic science—both expert labor markets—offer such different career outlooks?

A new book looks at science careers across the stages of women's lives.

Two reports propose significant reforms for graduate students and postdocs.

Overlong and insufficiently focused on available careers, traditional Ph.D. programs clearly need reform: What changes make sense?

“We very much support employees’ rights to choose for themselves whether or not they think unionization is beneficial.” --Paul Schwartz

"Nowadays," she continued, "people have much more freedom in their personal lives and professional choices than they did when they were sold to an apprenticeship in the old days, and yet, at the same time, they're buying into this almost feudal system in which once you dedicate a certain number of years, you are bound by the amount of time you've spent." --Allegra Goodman

"His lab mantra was, 'It's better to ask forgiveness than permission,' 'If I don't know about it, it doesn't happen,' [and] 'Get it done at all costs, and don't tell me how.' " --Maura Lee Upright