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Promise and Limits of Mentoring in Academic Science: A Look at Research on Impact and Effectiveness.
Grant, Linda; Ward, Kathryn – AWIS Magazine, 2000
Considers the importance of mentoring in physical, chemical, and social sciences research. Discusses the mentoring program of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) which focuses on helping women and minority scientists. Describes mentoring as "typically an asymmetrical power relation but it is not entirely unidimensional in flow of sources."…
Descriptors: Career Development, Doctoral Programs, Females, Higher Education
Download full textScience Resources Studies Highlights, 1982
Results of the 1981 Survey of Earned Doctorates, which is conducted by five federal agencies, are summarized. About 95 percent of the annual cohort of recipients of the Ph.D. and similar doctorates respond to the survey questionnaire. The database also includes some information on nonrespondents obtained from public sources; recipients of…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Opportunities
