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Teach For America
- Teach For America is a non-profit organization that recruits recent college graduates from all academic majors to teach for two years in under-resourced and rural schools. If you are a math, science, or engineering major, please ask us about our special intitiative to bring more math and science teachers into schools where they are greatly needed, and to ensure that math and science corp members remain connected to the broader mathematics and scientific communities throughout the two year commitment.
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AT&T Labs Research
- " We are helping computers to speak, hear, and understand. We are deep into distributed computing, wireless communications, and networking; and we are hot on the trail of electronic commerce, security, and exciting new services. Our mission is to expand the universe of communications for AT & T's 90 million customers. "
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A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching With Excellence
- The distilled wisdom of recipients of Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award.
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Theory into Profit: Microsoft Invests in Mathematicians
- " In a surprising coup last year, the Theory Group at Microsoft Research, the company's think tank, hired Fields Medalist Michael Freedman. The group of four mathematicians will grow to triple that number over the next couple of years as it pursues outstanding questions in computer science, including the problem of whether P equals NP. " (Requires Adobe Acrobat)
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MBA Programs Expand Career Prospects For Cross-Trained Scientists
- by Robert Finn, The Scientist, June 26, 1995.
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Statistical Job Announcements in Australia and New Zealand
- Comprehensive listing of jobs for statisticians in Australia and New Zealand. Compiled from various Austrlian newspapers and electronic sources by the Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland.
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Colleges not training enough workers to fill jobs, say tech firms
- Aug 13, 1998, Seattle Times " Washington state's higher-education system is failing to produce enough people to program, design or run computer systems, according to educators and industry officials....What irritates local information-technology companies is that there is no lack of people who want to work in these businesses. There just aren't enough classes available to provide the skills that potential workers need. "
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Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
- by Prof. Norman Matloff, UC Davis. " 'Vaporware.' That is the term used in the software industry when a firm announces a new product which actually does not exist. Extending the term a bit, one can say that the industry's latest vaporware is the claim of a desperate software labor shortage. The fact is that there is no such shortage. "
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IBM Research
- Research on topics ranging from data storage to nanotechnology and computational biology.
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Chronicle Careers
- Current job listings from the Chronicle of Higher Education .
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Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual
- by Diane P. O'Leary
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Graduate School Survival Guide
- " Concise suggestions for: getting the most out of the relationship with your reseach advisor or boss, getting the most out of what you read, making continual progress on your research, finding a thesis topic or formulating a research plan characteristics to look for in a good advisor, mentor, boss, or committee member, avoiding the research blues. "
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The Value of 'Learning Backward'
- Next Wave , May 31, 2002. " 'Learning backward'... is about fixing the problems that are important to you and acquiring the skills and resources you need to solve them. Learning backward happens every day and should be recognized as an integral skill of functional professionals and citizens. Graduate programs that are recognizing this have developed courses and programs to prepare students for lives after their theses or dissertations; lives in which the capacity to fix problems is a critical survival skill. "
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Indian scientist’s visa denial sparks outrage
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in VisasWashington Post, Feb 23, 2006. "A decision two weeks ago by a U.S. consulate in India to refuse a visa to a prominent Indian scientist has triggered heated protests in that country and set off a major diplomatic flap on the eve of President Bush's first visit to India."
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Physics Jobs
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in Physics JobsOnline listings from Physics World magazine
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Intellectual Entrepreneurship: Successfully Engaging Hearts, Minds in Graduate Education
- To achieve greater diversity, we must increase awareness of the value of graduate education and devise experiences allowing minority undergraduates to explore how advanced study can engage their hearts and minds helping them fulfill their professional visions and ethical commitments. Recruiting a critical mass of outstanding Hispanic and African American students requires a change in mindset. The Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) program at the University of Texas-Austin is an example of this new mindset. IE is a program and philosophy of graduate education that promotes the virtues of discovery, ownership and accountability. It challenges students to be greater than the sum of their disciplinary parts to be citizen-scholars contributing both to academe and the community. By demystifying graduate education and enabling students in traditional areas of study to put their knowledge to work in the community, it is not surprising that IE has attracted a disproportionate number of minority students; 20 percent of those enrolled in IE are underrepresented minorities, while the same group comprises only 9 percent of the total graduate student body.
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Perpetual Business Machines: Principles of Success for Technical Professionals
- Engineers are facing unprecedented opportunities, risks, and uncertainties in the global economy. The book addresses three fundamental problems faced by engineering students and professionals: * If business is sponsoring technology, who is preparing technical professionals for business? * If technical professionals are expendable, who can assure career continuation? * If business is a multi-dimensional universe, how do we remove the invisible wall dividing professionals?
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Computational Fluid Dynamics Online
- The CFD Jobs Database contains many job offers from companies and universities worldwide. All positions are in some way related to CFD (computational fluid dynamics). Offers include academic postions, postdoc positions, Ph.D. studentships and many positions in industry.
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Mathematics in Finance at New York University
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American Mathematical Society job listings
- Large list of primarily academic openings from the Notices of the AMS.
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Opportunities for Mathematicians in Finance and Investments
- Richard Holmes, a mathematician who now runs his own investment services company, provides a comprehensive overview of the types of mathematical problems that come up in the world of finance and investment management. Lots of useful references for books and articles to read if you are thinking about a career on Wall Street.
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"Learning To Be a Citizen-Scholar"
- " Imagine a graduate-education system that begins by asking students to think about what matters to them most and then uses their answers not only to create programs of research, but also exciting and varied career possibilities. We call this approach 'passion plus expertise,' and it is the premise behind the 'intellectual entrepreneurship' program at the University of Texas at Austin. "
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Now Hiring! If You're Young
- Norman Matloff, New York Times Op-Ed, January 26, 1998. " The real story here is more profound: the rampant age discrimination in the industry. High-tech companies save money by shunning most midcareer programmers and focusing their hiring on new or recent college graduates, who are cheaper and can work lots of overtime. "
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Statistics Job Announcements
- Database of openings for statisticians run by the University of Florida.
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Microsoft Research
- " Microsoft Research is dedicated to basic and applied research in computer science. We develop new technologies for improving the way computers interact with people. We have outstanding researchers in a wide variety of disciplines, both from leading academic institutions and industrial research labs. We are committed to supporting and participating in the worldwide research community, and we collaborate with many universities worldwide. "
