Many postdocs express dissatisfaction with their overall training, including a lack of mentoring, poor benefits, and low salaries that, in cities with a high cost-of-living, make it difficult to get by. In an effort to gain recognition and advocate for improvement of the postdoc experience, postdocs at institutions like the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), have organized "grass-roo...
BACK TO THE FEATURE INDEX Creating a diverse work environment has recently become a strategic move for many progressive businesses that proclaim an advantageous strength through a diversified workforce. Similarly, academic institutions have praised the value of a diverse student and faculty population for enhancing public education. The concept of diversity is generally embraced in the interest o...
