Word: academia
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...support of "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution, and his Administration's appointment of nonscientists to scientific panels as well as its alleged quashing of dissenting scientists (see story on page 37). Although that record has certainly roiled the scientific community at home, experts in business and academia have been warning for decades that U.S. science was heading for trouble for three simple reasons. The Federal Government, beset by deficits for most of the past three decades, has steadily been cutting back on investment in research and development. Corporations, under increasing pressure from their stockholders for quick profits, have...
Current events can have a marked impact on academia. Recent increases in history faculty hiring have occurred in specializations dealing with the Muslim world. There was a 92 percent increase in African history junior professorships and a 64 percent increase in Middle Eastern and Islamic history junior professorships last year, according to the American Historical Association...
While the majority of doctoral students in history take jobs in academia, some graduate students trickle into consulting every year, particularly those with quantitative skills, Ho said...
Ignatieff—whose departure from Harvard in September to take up a visiting professorship in his native Canada was seen by some scholars as a political move—became a star candidate for the Liberal Party when he left academia to seek elective office last December...
This position in Parliament will be his first public office and will allow Ignatieff to hone his political sparring skills in an arena much fiercer than academia, Albo said...