Word: academicization
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Christina M. Hughes, who earned a Ph.D. in virology from Harvard last year, is still on the academic track, having taken a postdoc at the Rockefeller University in New York. But she says that eight of her nine classmates in the virology program have already decided against university positions.
Roughly 80 percent of Harvard science Ph.D.’s seek academic positions after graduation, according to Robin Mount, an associate director at Harvard’s Office of Career Services. She declined to give historical data but said the figure has dropped only slightly in recent years.
Professors postponed discussion of a revamped course evaluation system at yesterday’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences meeting after items higher up on the agenda ran over time. The reforms, which require that all courses with five or more students be evaluated, will be on the agenda for...
Each year 1,400 to 1,600 students apply to Stanford for about 70 spots in the junior class, The New York Times reported last spring. Last academic year, 26 percent of those accepted to Stanford came from community colleges, according to the Times.
Jacqueline E. Stenson ’08 redefines the word globetrotter. Since coming to Harvard, Jackie has spent a total of 14 days at home, electing instead to spend her breaks in faraway locales, ranging from Estonia to Lesotho. In her four-year academic career, Stenson has already been to...