Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists

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Publication Year:1998

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Committee on Dimensions, Causes, and Implications of Recent Trends in Careers of Life Scientists, National Research Council
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In each year between 1994 and 1996, more than 7,000 individuals received a Ph.D. in life-science, and the number of graduates is rising sharply. If present trends continue, about half of those graduates will have found permanent positions as independent ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
Executive Summary	1-10	(skim)
Chapter 1 Introduction	11-20	(skim)
Chapter 2 Education and Research Training of Life-Science PhDs	21-32	(skim)
Chapter 3 Early-Career Employment Profiles of Life-Science PhDs	33-48	(skim)
Chapter 4 Opportunities, Constraints, and Future Needs	49-62	(skim)
Chapter 5 Implications of the Findings	63-78	(skim)
Chapter 6 Conclusions and Recommendations	79-90	(skim)
Alternative Statement on Recommendation 3: Henry Riecken	91-94	(skim)
Appendix A Biographic Information	95-96	(skim)
Appendix B Participants in Public Meeting	97-98	(skim)
Appendix C Sources of Data	99-102	(skim)
Appendix D Doctoral Fields Included for Data Analysis	103-104	(skim)
Appendix E Data Tables for Chapter 2	105-130	(skim)
Appendix F Data Tables for Chapter 3	131-176	(skim)
Appendix G Getting Started on the World Wide Web: Web Sites of Interest to Young Scientists	177-180	(skim)

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In each year between 1994 and 1996, more than 7,000 individuals received a Ph.D. in life-science, and the number of graduates is rising sharply. If present trends continue, about half of those graduates will have found permanent positions as independent researchers within ten years after graduation. These statistics--and the labor market situation they reflect--can be viewed either positively or negatively depending on whether one is a young scientist seeking a career or an established investigator whose productivity depends on the labor provided by an abundant number of graduate students.
This book examines the data concerning the production of doctorates in life-science and the changes in the kinds of positions graduates have obtained. It discusses the impact of those changes and suggests ways to deal with the challenges of supply versus demand for life-science Ph.D. graduates. Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists will serve as an information resource for young scientists deciding on career paths and as a basis for discussion by educators and policymakers as they examine the current system of education linked to research and decide if changes in that system are needed.

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