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salvorhardin

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3. It's worse than that -- Johnny (and Jane) go into STEM careers in droves

Reply to eridani (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 11, 2012, 07:13 PM

Apr 2012

As the report notes, there's a glut of American scientists and technologists. We keep steering people into these programs, and they come out of grad school only able to patch together adjunct teaching jobs that barely allow them to eat, let alone pay rent. Is it any wonder they find any other job ASAP?

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What Scientist Shortage? The Johnny-can’t-do-science myth damages US research. [View all] salvorhardin Apr 2012 OP

Johnny doesn't want to get tens of thousands in debt for the privilege eridani Apr 2012 #1

It's worse than that -- Johnny (and Jane) go into STEM careers in droves salvorhardin Apr 2012 #3

I suspect the "shortage" is of scientists who will work for undocumented labor wages.. Fumesucker Apr 2012 #2

Hard to add to that, except that there are some foreign workers who will work dimbear Apr 2012 #8

Indeed. I have no doubt that there are plenty of Chinese scientists doing this very thing, while Nay Apr 2012 #11

"motivated by concern about ... the cost of hiring scientists ..." BINGO !! eppur_se_muova Apr 2012 #4

K to the fuckin' R eom TransitJohn Apr 2012 #5

I hear there's good money to make in being a "scientific" global climate change denier ... zbdent Apr 2012 #6

Du rec. Nt xchrom Apr 2012 #7

There is a "shortage", meaning companies had to pay decent wages Taitertots Apr 2012 #9

Kick salvorhardin Apr 2012 #10