Private universities such as Harvard, Yale, and Princeton have historically hired more at senior levels—tending to recruit the most distinguished scholars they could find. Junior faculty would be hired for three to six years and then had to move elsewhere. That has changed a bit, and they tend to be hiring more junior faculty now, which includes efforts to recruit women and minorities into the sc...
PDF Version Cancer research has moved with the times, embracing new technologies enabling scientists to pursue more varied research goals than ever. Cancer researchers can find themselves in various settings linked to either academia or industry, working in many areas, from tackling basic questions in the laboratory to testing new drugs and vaccines in the clinic. Many young scientists at the bas...
"The reforms are shaking up research mainly in the public system, to enhance collaboration and international competitiveness, pay structures, and recruitment of foreign scientists." More funding, more autonomy and a new administrative system: over the past three years, French scientific research has undergone massive reforms. From the establishment of the National Research Agency (Agence National...
Science and technology is booming in Asia, and acting as a magnet for Asian scientists wishing to return home after training in the West—especially to China—attracted to full- or part-time positions in both academia and industry. Promoting the eastward migration is a strong government push—particularly in China, Singapore, Korea, and Japan—to become global players in science and technology, and m...
