the upshot

The Upshot

14 July · 

"The United States is producing far more research scientists than academia can handle. While they try to get a foot in the door, many spend years after getting their Ph.D. as poorly paid foot soldiers in a system that can afford to exploit them."

So Many Research Scientists, So Few Openings as Professors

There is such a surplus of Ph.D.s that in the most popular fields, like biomedicine, fewer than one in six reach their goal in academia.

NYTI.MS|BY GINA KOLATA