by Gary McDowell | Mar 22, 2019 | Events & Networking, FOR meetings, Ideas for change
On March 13th 2019, FoR ED Gary McDowell led a workshop, “Training Transitions: Pathways to Independence in Research” at the University of California Irvine School of Biological Sciences. What does “independence” mean for graduate...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 12, 2019 | Data, News, Policy, Postdoc benefits, Resources
The data above is from our paper “Monitoring the compliance of the academic enterprise with the Fair Labor Standards Act” showing how institutions were expecting to change salaries after the last FLSA update was blocked. The Fair Labor Standards...
by Gary McDowell | Mar 11, 2019 | Sexual Harassment
This post is by FoR Executive Director Dr. Gary McDowell. March 8th was International Women’s Day 2019, during which you likely heard about numerous financial and funding disparities in academia, including but not limited to: a gender pay gap in scientist...
