Mark Perks, a senior chemistry lecturer at UMBC who had Cruz in several of his classes, says that Cruz's maturity was evident the first time they met at a reception for new chemistry majors. (sciencemag.org)
«It's like training someone to be a pole vaulter for 15 years and then saying, «You haven't made the Olympic team but have a go at shot - putting,»» says chemistry lecturer Lee Higham of Newcastle University, U.K. Still, others are just determined to pursue an academic job even though they know how hard they'll have to compete for a permanent position. (sciencemag.org)
Claussen is still relatively early in her career, but 14 - year veteran Michelle Douskey, a chemistry lecturer at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, has had plenty of time to experience the ups and downs of working off the tenure track. (sciencemag.org)