Word: academia
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...also says it would be “pointless” at this time to try to increase the size of its graduate population, since there are simply not enough spots in academia for Celtic specialists. Though the department currently is “very successful in placing [students] in Scotland, Ireland and Wales,” if more were to be added to the pipeline, there would be no way to guarantee them positions after graduation. “There are not that many places for our Ph.D.s to go,” he says...
...have a mandate in academia to work on issues that have global importance,” she said...
...loss for Harvard but at the same time, that is what places like Harvard do—they train people to lead in industry, government, academia,” he said. “She’s fulfilling the mission...
...university. In addition to funding female faculty, the money can be used to expand the role of women in science by providing university incentives—such as prizes for research—to encourage female undergraduates to explore their talents in those currently male-dominated sectors of academia...
...study commissioned by the president of Princeton University, Shirley M. Tilghman, has found that female faculty members in the sciences and engineering are regularly subjected to gender discrimination and feel like second-class citizens in their departments. Like many things in academia, the climate among faculty sets a tone that filters down to graduate and undergraduate students. Sexist behavior that makes women feel unwelcome in the sciences is deplorable, and it is reassuring that Princeton has devoted attention to combat this systemic problem...