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Magner, Denise K. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
In sciences, postdoctoral fellowships have become the terminal academic credential for a research career. Positions are supposed to be temporary, but amount to a holding pattern for many unable to find permanent jobs in research or needing to assemble the required publishing record. Some institutions are beginning to acknowledge this problem and…
Descriptors: Careers, College Faculty, Employment Practices, Fellowships
