Publication Date:
1978-11-03
Description:
Between 1973 and 1977 the total number of Ph.D.'s holding postdoctoral appointments in the biomedical sciences increased at a rate of more than 550 individuals (12.5 percent) per year. During this same period the total number of doctorates awarded each year in these disciplines showed very little change. The postdoctoral growth can be attributed to substantial increases in both the numbers of recent graduates taking postdoctorals and the length of stay on these appointments. The lack of alternative employment opportunities has contributed heavily to the postdoctoral buildup. Continued growth is likely to have important consequences for biomedical research and research training.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Coggeshall, P E -- Norvell, J C -- Bogorad, L -- Bock, R M -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1978 Nov 3;202(4367):487-93.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/705338" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Biology/*manpower/trends
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Education, Continuing/*trends
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Employment
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*Research Support as Topic
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Salaries and Fringe Benefits
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United States
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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