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Grad students question academic careers.(NEWSWATCH)(Brief article)
Moving from grad school to a job in academia used to be automatic, but now grad students are thinking twice before doing it, according to a University of California study.
Many students begin to consider career paths outside the ivory tower while in grad school, according to the 2006-2007 survey of 8,400 PhD students at nine UC campuses. Less than 30% of women and 46% of men surveyed perceived major research universities to be family-friendly places for tenure-track faculty.
The packed schedules of PhD students and tenure-track faculty can be a pressure cooker, said Dr. Mary Ann Mason, an author of the report and co-director of the Berkeley Law Center of Health, Economic and Family Security. "This ...
- Paging Grayson Kirk: Columbia Strike '04, Grad Students Hike.(TheFrontPage)
- Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY) April 26, 2004 700+ words
...a union contract. While it's unclear how many Columbia grad students even support unionization or whether Local 2110 of the United...entirely in their own hands. "I do think for a number of grad students, a lot of that union support does come with one eye on the...
- Grad students.(WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19)
- Newspaper article from: The Jewish Advocate (Boston, MA) September 14, 2007 700+ words
CAMBRIDGE -- Harvard Hillel holds "Schmooze with the Jews," a kickoff event for grad students, 8 p.m. Meet Jewish students from Harvard's 11 graduate schools for appetizers, desserts, wine and live jazz music under the stars. Information: (617) 495-4695.
- Grad students, the sorest apprentices.(unionization of graduate students)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report Wildavsky, Ben March 20, 2000 700+ words
...form of financial aid and teach them the ropes of academe in what amounts to an apprenticeship. But union advocates say grad students are an easily exploited source of cheap labor whose interests can best be defended through collective bargaining. "Graduate...
- Grad Students Create Koreatown Mural To Break Stereotypes
- Newspaper article from: AsianWeek Carol Chung October 21, 1994 700+ words
Carol Chung AsianWeek 10-21-1994 Grad Students Create Koreatown Mural To Break Stereotypes. By Carol Chung LOS ANGELES -- Fusing imagination with the perspective of social...
- Tufts University grad students hold firm on unionizing in Massachusetts.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News October 12, 2004 700+ words
...students over wages, benefits, and working conditions. New York University is the nation's only private college to allow grad students to unionize because the school believed it was in its best interest to do so. Wheeler and students say many universities...
- UND Space Studies Grad Students Headed to Scotland to Present Papers at...
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire September 25, 2008 700+ words
M2 PRESSWIRE-25 September 2008-University Of North Dakota: UND Space Studies Grad Students Headed to Scotland to Present Papers at Prestigious Conference(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:24092008 The University...
- NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY FOR GRAD STUDENTS
- News wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News November 6, 2009 700+ words
...Mall. The event, which runs from 4 to 7 p.m., is a social mixer and professional-development opportunity for WMU's grad students. Participants will get a chance to meet other students while receiving valuable advice from some of the foremost authorities...
- Pacific Century Scholarships to draw top grad students.
- Press release article from: M2 Presswire June 13, 2007 700+ words
...13 June 2007-British Columbia Ministry of Environment, Lands & Parks: Pacific Century Scholarships to draw top grad students(C)1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:12062007 VANCOUVER - Government is investing $10 million to create the province...