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A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching With Excellence
in Educational Techniques & Pedagogy
The distilled wisdom of recipients of Berkeley's Distinguished Teaching Award.
Graduate School Survival Guide
in Grad School Survival Guides
" 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. "
Graduate Study in the Computer and Mathematical Sciences: A Survival Manual
in Grad School Survival Guides
by Diane P. O'Leary
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."
calculus@internet
in Mathematics Resources
Resources for teaching calculus, linear algebra, and ODE's.
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."
Richard Feynman on Teaching: The Dignified Professor
in Teaching
" I would never accept any position in which somebody has invented a happy situation for me where I don't have to teach. Never. "
Michigan Technological University GSC
in Graduate Student Associations in the US
University of Iowa Honored for Mentoring Minority Students
in Underrepresented Minorities in Science and Engineering
SIAM News, September 26, 2005. A profile of the University of Iowa's very successful effort to increase the number of minority graduate students in the mathematics department.
Reproductive Success for Working Scientists
in Women in Science and Engineering
"Long ago, I found myself pregnant while working as a postdoc at a federal institute. I was blessed with what seemed like the ideal situation for a mammal who wanted to increase her Darwinian fitness while enhancing her chances for tenure. I would be able to give birth and raise the baby past that difficult first year before I had to throw myself into the academic job market in search of a faculty position. Perfect, I thought."
Women in Math Project
in Women in Science and Engineering
This web site is host to numerous links to information about publications, people, associations, opportunities, activities, and statistics relating to women in mathematics.
Eric Mazur's Science Education Page
in Educational Techniques & Pedagogy
ConcepTests and Peer Instruction. One of the most interesting approaches to science education.
Hell no! We won't grade!
in Grad Student and Postdoc Organizations
by Sean McMeekin, Salon Magazine , November 30, 1998. " Will the upcoming strike by University of California graduate teaching assistants raise them from their serflike status -- or spell their eventual doom? "
Women in Biology Internet Launch Page
in Women in Science and Engineering
Links to topics around the web relevant to women in biology at all stages, but especially focused on graduate, postdoctoral, and levels beyond. Includes history, organizations, career issues, and aspects of the chilly climate.
Academic Careers & Babies
in Women in Science and Engineering
Personal accounts of UC Davis women faculty.
You and Your Research
in Grad School Survival Guides
Richard Hamming's observations and research on the question ``Why do so few scientists make significant contributions and so many are forgotten in the long run?'' From his more than forty years of experience, thirty of which were at Bell Laboratories, he has made a number of direct observations, asked very pointed questions of scientists about what, how, and why they did things, studied the lives of great scientists and great contributions, and has done introspection and studied theories of creativity. The talk is about what he has learned in terms of the properties of the individual scientists, their abilities, traits, working habits, attitudes, and philosophy.
Networking on the Network
in Networking
Networking is a vital skill. Here's how to use the Internet for building professional networks.
Be Careful What You Wish For
in NIH Funding Crisis
ScienceCareers.org - "Between 1998 and 2003, the budget of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) rose from $13 billion to more than $27 billion in a plan known as "the doubling. Now that the tsunami of cash has receded, many life scientists--especially those in the early phase of their careers--have found conditions no better, and in some ways worse, than before the process began."
Academic Scientists at Work: Where'd My Day Go?
in Time Management
ScienceCareers.org - "'5:30! I hardly got anything done today,' your colleague with the curly red hair shouts at you as she passes you in the hall. You think you didn't get anything done either, yet there the two of you are standing in the hall yabbering about how the day went by and nothing got done. You both complain that there was no time to finish your experiments, write your test questions, revise your hot manuscripts, meet with your advisees, help with graduate-student recruiting, design the new Web site for your department, order the food for the department poster session, and pick up the kids from soccer practice at 7:00. But, as you look around, some of your colleagues seem to have it all under control. How do they do it?"
Richard Felder's Resources in Engineering and Science Education
in Educational Techniques & Pedagogy
An interesting collection of articles on teaching and learning styles.
Writing and Presenting your Thesis or Dissertation
in Writing Your Dissertation
This non-commercial " practical guide " has been created to assist in the crafting, implementing and defending of a graduate school thesis or dissertation. It includes a variety of strategies, suggestions and advice covering every stage of the thesis or dissertation project.
Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM)
in Associations for Women in S&E
The AWM is a nonprofit organization dedicated to encouraging and promoting women and girls in the mathematical sciences including pure mathematics, statistics, and applied math. The AWM site has career information, articles about women in mathematics, brochures profiling women in math, and more!
How Women Make Science Work
in Women in Science and Engineering
by Kristen Philipkoski , Wired News , December 27, 2000. " In the world of science and engineering, the small percentage of female scientists reflects the hurdles woman encounter in those fields. Carol Kovac is a study in breaking through the stereotypes. "
Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain
in Grad Student and Postdoc Organizations
Harvard labor economist Richard Freeman on the contributions of postdocs.
Reform Calculus Resource Archive
in Mathematics Resources
Ready-to-print Activities (in-class groupwork), Projects (long-term assignments), Capsules, Tutorials, and Resources (both for instructors and students) in Calculus.
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