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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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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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calculus@internet
- Resources for teaching calculus, linear algebra, and ODE's.
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AAU Committee on Postdoctoral Education Report and Recommendations
- " The general lack of institutional oversight of postdoctoral appointments(coupled with the evolution of postdoctoral education in a number of disciplines into a virtual requirement for a tenure-track faculty appointment) has resulted in a considerable degree of instability within postdoctoral education as a whole. " The report recommends that " each university act promptly to develop policies and practices for systematically incorporating postdoctoral education into its overall academic program. "
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Richard Feynman on Teaching: The Dignified Professor
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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. "
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Michigan Technological University GSC
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Eric Mazur's Science Education Page
- ConcepTests and Peer Instruction. One of the most interesting approaches to science education.
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University of Alabama Birmingham Postdoctoral Scholar Handbook
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PLoS Computational Biology: Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants
- "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."
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The Real Science Crisis: Bleak Prospects for Young Researchers
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in HomeChronicle 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."
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Hell no! We won't grade!
- 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? "
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Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Cancer Immunology or General Immunology training
- "[S]upports qualified young scientists at leading universities and research centers around the world who wish to receive training in cancer immunology or general immunology"
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Slaves to Science
- Salon Magazine , Feb. 28, 2000. An outsider's take on the working conditions of postdocs in science.
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The NIH R01 Tool Kit
- ScienceCareers.org | "We can help you avoid those few pitfalls in preparing your application, greatly improving your chances of success. Many researchers know their science inside and out but don't take the time to learn about the intricacies of the proposal-reviewing process, so they end up making mistakes. Indeed, intricacies aside, many applicants lack even a basic notion of what proposal writing is all about, what a grant proposal ought to accomplish. The more time you get to spend on your science, the better, but succeeding in research requires more than just ingenuity and a deep knowledge of your field. We aim to make the process of learning about those other concerns--such as writing grant proposals--as short and painless as possible. If you're reading this, that's half the battle."
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Life Sciences Research Foundation
- "LSRF awards fellowships across the spectrum of the life sciences: biochemistry; cell, developmental, molecular, plant, structural, organismic population and evolutionary biology; endocrinology; immunology; microbiology; neurobiology; physiology; virology.... Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant's previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research."
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The Postdoc's Plight
- by Joanne P. Cavanaugh, Johns Hopkins Magazine , February 1999. " Underpaid, overworked and often underappreciated, today's postdocs find themselves locked in a limbo that can stretch on for years. " An excellent article describing the grim working conditions of postdocs in general and at Johns Hopkins in particular. [HTML version]
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Networking on the Network
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in NetworkingNetworking is a vital skill. Here's how to use the Internet for building professional networks.
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Be Careful What You Wish For
- 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."
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Academic Scientists at Work: Where'd My Day Go?
- 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?"
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Richard Felder's Resources in Engineering and Science Education
- An interesting collection of articles on teaching and learning styles.
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Thanks for the Great Postdoc Bargain
- Harvard labor economist Richard Freeman on the contributions of postdocs.
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Reform Calculus Resource Archive
- 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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Postdocs and the Law, Part 2: Principal Investigator Versus Individual Grants
- by Laure Haak, ScienceCareers.org. "Postdoc job titles and classifications are commonly assigned by institutions based on the source of funding for the postdoc. This decision determines whether or not the postdoc qualifies for health benefits, retirement fund options, and even access to the institutional library. Sherry Queener, associate dean of the Indiana University Graduate School, explains the situation at her university as follows: 'Postdocs typically are divided into at least two categories: employees and trainees. These divisions are often driven by [the] funding mechanism, rather than real differences in the purpose of the training/work. Thus, both categories of postdocs might work side by side on similar problems. Because these two categories of postdocs require different fringe benefits and because they often receive salaries determined by the funding mechanism, the universities are placed in the position of creating inequities, i.e., different pay for the same work.'"
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National Postdoctoral Association Policy Pages
- A collection of news stories on postdoctoral policy and the NPA policy library, which includes policy statements by the NPA, the institutional policy database, a policy primer for advocates and other policy resources
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The Postdoc Crisis
- An overview of postdoc working conditions written by the Yale Graduate Employees and Students Union.
