Sentences with phrase «more academic jobs»

The report calls for a battery of government and institutional measures to better support scientists on short - term contracts, including gathering comprehensive data on their working conditions, helping them devise career plans, creating more academic jobs, and encouraging them to apply for permanent positions.

Not exact matches

A study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that, when asked to rate junior scientists based on scholarly accomplishments and job interview performance, academics in the traditionally male - dominated STEM fields rated female candidates as being more hireable than their equally qualified male applicants.

But it's a physically demanding job, so having lots of endurance is more important than having academic skills.

When it comes to the potential of Quebec - style child care, a 2012 academic study on the provincial system estimated it had allowed 70,000 more mothers with children under the age of 14 to hold jobs in 2008 than would have otherwise been the case.

Academics spend considerable effort attempting to explain these market tendencies, yet the past two years will only make their job more difficult: in both years the September quarters have been quite rewarding to investors.

Murray draws on those studies, but in Coming Apart, Fishtown, like Belmont, is shorthand for a statistical cohort: people with blue - collar or low - level office jobs and no academic degree more advanced than a high - school diploma.

Change your religion, your diet, your academic pride, your politics, your job, your status, your identity and more.

Providing environments that support healthy emotional as well as academic growth makes it more likely that we will see kids who are not diverted from their job of becoming engaged, reasonably happy, functioning members of society.

Not only are there social pressures and additional obligations such as sports or after - school jobs, but the academic requirements are much more rigorous than previous years.

Polling by American Solutions, a citizen action network I founded in 2007, shows that on issues such as producing more American energy, cutting taxes to create jobs, balancing the budget by cutting spending, English as the language of government, and more, Americans oppose the views of academic elites by 75 to 85 percent.

The law, which bases as much as 50 percent of teachers» job ratings on student test scores, was strengthened during a time when more rigorous standardized exams, based on the national Common Core academic standards, were being introduced into classrooms.

One commonly used definition of a «good» school is one that has high academic outcomes in absolute terms - its students don't drop out, frequently go to college, frequently go to selective colleges if they do go to college, frequently find decent jobs if they don't go to college, perform well on standardized tests, take more advanced classes such as advanced placement, international baccalaureate, honors and college classes, etc..

A 1999 study, for example, found that academic psychologists were more likely to recommend hiring a male job applicant than a female one with an identical record.

«More than one million international students attending U.S. colleges and universities during the 2015 - 2016 academic year supported 400,000 U.S. jobs and contributed $ 32.8 billion to the U.S. economy,» the letter said, citing data from NAFSA: Association of International Educators, a letter signatory.

In this way, the postdoctoral experience would be more than certification of research readiness for the first academic job; it would also be a site for exploring career options and acquiring the resources needed to be successful, resilient, well - employed professionals.

BN: Results that are novel are more likely to be published, and the primary currency of an academic scientist is a publication — a good publication record in prestigious journals helps you get a good academic job, funding and awards.

Academics debate whether they are there for the jobs or the men (there are more rich educated men in cities, but more women of all sorts).

«It's more than what I could have dreamed of for an academic job.»

Star professors may have larger networks of collaborators not just, as the authors suggest, because they have more students and postdocs than lower - ranked competitors, but because more of those students and postdocs win academic jobs that permit them to participate in collaborations as independent investigators; the rest just disappear from academe.

If you are applying for jobs in scientific industry, a PhD will definitely fast - track you into a better position than those held by the ones who chose not to opt for 3 or more years of grinding in the academic mill.

Stories abound of a single postdoc drawing more than 100 applications and the best and brightest coming up empty in their hunt for academic jobs.

Who gets academic jobs, he writes, usually depends much more on departmental politics and personalities than on the relative merits of the various candidates, so not being chosen is generally not a reflection on an applicant.

In the past year, Stanford University's School of Education, Harvard University's Graduate School of Education, and the University of Pittsburgh's psychology department have advertised positions in educational neuroscience, and Ansari believes that, despite an academic job market that is depressed overall, more such jobs will be advertised in the coming year.

The dual - role clarification is important because training to be a professional scientist — whether you aspire to an academic position or some other kind of job — requires more than just time at the bench.

Another thought that might dampen excitement over the report is this: more Ph.D. s means more competition for scarce academic jobs.

Previous research has found that «process - oriented praise» — praising children for their actions rather than their characteristics, like «good job» or «great work» — can provide children with a «positive growth mindset» that is associated with more persistence after failure and better academic outcomes, Gunderson added.

Stellar grades in college could hurt — rather than help — women new to the job market, according to a new study that suggests employers place more value on the perceived «likability» of female applicants than on their academic success.

Whereas the U.K. pages provide a very comprehensive list of links to industrial and academic jobs across the world, the job pages in Sweden provide a database of more than 3500 current job openings in academia and industry relevant for Marie Curie Fellows.

However, Mendick proposes that to challenge the ever - increasing pace and expectation of the Higher Education sector, academics could treat their work more as a job and less as a vocation.

«The majority of trainees will eventually choose to pursue those careers, but only after having made irreversible investments in what is often more than a decade in training for academic jobs that do not exist,» the presidents and chancellors wrote.

For early - career academic scientists, success requires balancing the common good — such as service work — with parts of the job that have, or should have, more impact.

Because she would receive more pay as a laboratory employee than as a graduate student, she never pursued an advanced degree, instead taking a succession of technician jobs in academic laboratories (including Baltimore's) and the biotech industry.

The 7 - year postdoc with the «academic researcher» label ends up with job prospects consisting of... more postdocs.

Some academics have been more ambivalent, however, pointing out that Trump's other potential picks for the top diplomatic job would have been more extreme.

Moving On in Your Career — A guide for academic researchers and postgraduates, Lynda Ali & Barbara Graham, Routledgefalmer, (ISBN 0 -415-17870-3) which contains one of the best examples of a nonacademic CV I've seen, and University Researchers and the Job Market for yet more examples and advice.

And since there are far more PhDs than permanent academic jobs, the non-academic job market is likely to be relevant.

The way for high schools to do this, he says, is to offer more options for students beyond the traditional approach to learning, referred to as «multiple pathways» in academic circles, he says, because everyone should have an opportunity at a good job, not just a job.

Even when they believe in the value of academics, teenagers may still prefer to spend their energy on the more - compelling activities competing for their attention — friends, sports, afterschool jobs, Snapchat, video games, not to mention less - wholesome pursuits.

But even when they believe in the value of academics, teenagers may still prefer to spend their energy on the more - compelling activities competing for their attention — friends, sports, afterschool jobs, Snapchat, video games, not to mention less - wholesome pursuits.

The towns» bucolic settings and low cost of living — not to mention the good academic reputation of North Dakota's schools — apparently are not enough to keep superintendents from seeking work in neighboring states where the pay is better or there are more job opportunities for their spouses.

By integrating academics, career skills, and hands - on learning, students are more engaged in the subject, and they get to make connections that may lead to jobs down the road.

The negative impact of job market pessimism on engagement was more acute for students with stronger family and school supports — the same students whom we often assume are less at risk for losing academic motivation.

It turns out that students who feel valued as individuals become much more motivated in their academics, and teachers who see their role as helping to mold students» values get a lot more fulfillment from their jobs.

Teaching Service Is Part of Principal's Mission Despite the pressures on schools to focus more on academics, Dr. Shannon Vincent is convinced it's her job as principal to teach students the value of service.

Eventually, schools began grouping students into these «tracks», based on the jobs they wished to pursue: rigorous courses for those on a more academic track, more basic life skills for students with their eyes set on lower - skilled work.

Alexander was reacting to that era's academic scare — Sputnik and its gremlins — and bemoaning the fact that greater emphasis on math, science, and «more homework» meant for many students «less time and energy for the fine arts, for homemaking and industrial arts, and for such special interests as dramatics, journalism, musical performance, scouting, camping, outside jobs, and general reading.»

Our collaboration efforts with local districts to support academic success by providing job training for students, professional development, special education, technology services and support, administrative services, leadership training, and more in a cooperative and cost - effective manner.

Education scholars like Kahlenberg, one of the nation's leading advocates for economic integration, note droves of research papers that cite the positive impacts of diversity in K - 12 schooling, including enhanced critical thinking, higher academic achievement, greater civic responsibility, higher college - going rates and more lucrative jobs.

She previously served as Project Director at Worcester Community Action Council, Inc. where she developed and implemented a federal ARRA - funded program that provided employability skills, job development, and academic preparation for low - income... More»

And yet, «results,» or rather, academic improvement, act more like a fig leaf, especially in light of numerous recent studies that show charter schools, taken on the whole, actually do a worse job of educating students than regular public schools.