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Understanding current causes of women’s underrepresentation in science
in Women in Science and Engineering
Ceci and Williams, PNAS. "We conclude that differential gendered outcomes in the real world result from differences in resources attributable to choices, whether free or constrained, and that such choices could be inuenced and better informed through education if resources were so directed. Thus, the ongoing focus on sex discrimination in reviewing, interviewing, and hiring represents costly, misplaced effort: Society is engaged in the present in solving problems of the past, rather than in addressing meaningful limitations deterring womens participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers today. Addressing todays causes of underrepresentation requires focusing on education and policy changes that will make institutions responsive to differing biological realities of the sexes."
Succeeding in graduate school and beyond
in Grad School Survival Guides
"The suggestions listed below come from the experiences of biologists from universities all over North America. Although the advice is mainly based on getting a job at a college or university, these suggestions apply equally to getting a governmental or NGO position. "
Career Advice: Advice for Grad Students, part II - Inside Higher Ed
in Communication Skills
Stephen C. Stearns outlines writing issues facing those in doctoral programs.
Tools for Success in Graduate School and Beyond
in Grad School Survival Guides
A guide from the University of Texas
To Choose an Adviser, Be an "Armchair Anthropologist" - Science Careers
in Choosing an Advisor / PI / Boss
"Choosing a research adviser is as critical as any decision you will make during your scientific training. To choose wisely, you'll need to ferret out some information, both scientific and cultural."
Choosing a Thesis Advisor
in Choosing an Advisor / PI / Boss
"Choosing a thesis advisor is the most important decision of your life--perhaps more important than choosing a spouse--because your choice affects everything you will do in your career. Indeed, choosing an advisor is similar to getting married: it is making a long-term commitment."
GradShare Graduate Student Community
in Grad School Survival Guides
"Where graduate students help each other succeed"
PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants
in Grant Writing Skills
"At the present time, US funding is frequently below 10% for a given grant program. Today, more than ever, we need all the help we can get in writing successful grant proposals. We hope you find these rules useful in reaching your research career goals."
PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Making Good Oral Presentations
in Communication Skills
"Continuing our Ten Simple Rules series [15], we consider here what it takes to make a good oral presentation. While the rules apply broadly across disciplines, they are certainly important from the perspective of this readership. Clear and logical delivery of your ideas and scientific results is an important component of a successful scientific career. Presentations encourage broader dissemination of your work and highlight work that may not receive attention in written form."
PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for a Good Poster Presentation
in Communication Skills
"Posters are a key component of communicating your science and an important element in a successful scientific career. Posters, while delivering the same high-quality science, offer a different medium from either oral presentations [1] or published papers [2], and should be treated accordingly. Posters should be considered a snapshot of your work intended to engage colleagues in a dialog about the work, or, if you are not present, to be a summary that will encourage the reader to want to learn more. Many a lifelong collaboration [3] has begun in front of a poster board. Here are ten simple rules for maximizing the return on the time-consuming process of preparing and presenting an effective poster."
PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Graduate Students
in Grad School Survival Guides
"Choosing to go to graduate school is a major life decision. Whether you have already made that decision or are about to, now it is time to consider how best to be a successful graduate student. Here are some thoughts from someone who holds these memories fresh in her mind (JG) and from someone who has had a whole career to reflect back on the decisions made in graduate school, both good and bad (PEB). These thoughts taken together, from former student and mentor, represent experiences spanning some 25 or more years."
Survival Blog for Scientists
in Blogs
New blog of professional natural scientists (senior and junior) discussing all aspects of becoming a world-class scientist (so no science content). The initiator (Ad Lagendijk) has written a book "Survival Guide for Scientists" that will be published by Amsterdam University Press and Chicago University Press on May 13, 2008. The survival guides can be obtained freely as e-books from www.stringcat.com
Hosting a Speaker: a Guide for Graduate Students
in Grad School Survival Guides
by Phil Agre.
How to Be a Leader in Your Field
in Grad School Survival Guides
by Philip Agre. "In a knowledge-intensive world of ceaseless innovation and change, I assert, every professional must be a leader.... But how? It is well-known that simply declaring yourself a leader will not cause anyone to follow you. The process of becoming a leader doesn't happen overnight, but it is perfectly methodical. Here is a six-step recipe."
How to Write More Clearly, Think More Clearly, and Learn Complex Material More Easily
in Communication Skills
by Michael A. Covington, University of Georgia
How to Write a Master's Thesis in Computer Science
in Writing Your Dissertation
by William Shoaff, Florida Institute of Technology.
Getting Things Done in Academia
in Time Management
Advice for graduate students on creativity, scholarship, communication, and time management
Northwestern University Graduate Student Association
in Graduate Student Associations in the US
How to Get Fewer Scientists
in NIH Funding Crisis
Washington Post, July 24, 2007. "President Bush told cancer researchers gathered at the National Institutes of Health in January that we need to 'make sure that our scientists are given the tools and encourage young kids to become scientists in the first place.' Yet his administration's stingy NIH budgets over the past five years and its threat last week to veto the appropriations bill giving the NIH a small funding boost sound more like components of a Discourage Future Scientists Act."
The Real Science Crisis: Bleak Prospects for Young Researchers
in Home
Chronicle of Higher Education , September 2007. "[F]or many of today's graduate students, the future could not look much bleaker. They see long periods of training, a shortage of academic jobs, and intense competition for research grants looming ahead of them. 'They get a sense that this is a really frustrating career path,' says Thomas R. Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health. So although the operating assumption among many academic leaders is that the nation needs more scientists, some of brightest students in the country are demoralized and bypassing scientific careers."
How I made my presentations a little better
in Communication Skills
Great tips from 43 Folders.
Giving a Kick Ass Presentation
in Communication Skills
Great tips from the organizers of PubCon
NIH BUDGET: Boom and Bust
in NIH Funding Crisis
Couzin and Miller 316 (5823): 356 -- Science "Biomedical facilities are expanding after a growth spurt in the budget of the National Institutes of Health. Yet individual scientists say that it's harder than before to get their work funded." (subscription to Science required)
Watching a Train Wreck, Part 2 - Engineering Science Blog
in NIH Funding Crisis
"We've seen the effects of the NIH budget doubling on the grad student population. What about postdocs? ... From 1998-2003, the number of life sciences postdocs increased by 4,015. These new postdocs were all non-citizens. In fact, over the same time period, the number of US citizen / permanent resident postdocs decreased by 255."
Watching a Train Wreck, Part 1 - Engineering Science Blog
in NIH Funding Crisis
"Given that concerns about NIH funding levels have only recently hit the press, it's likely that we will see continuing increases in first-year graduate enrollments through at least 2007. This means increasing numbers of new PhDs for another 6-8 years and probably another decade of sizable increases in the ranks of postdocs. A whole crop of new PhDs is walking right into an already troubled labor market, and things probably won't start to improve for 10+ years."
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