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Too many scientists, too few academic jobs

Nature Medicine volume 1, page 14 (1995)Cite this article

Graduate education in the sciences is not doing its job. By preparing students only for academic research, the system neglects the range of opportunities for work in science that young scientists want and society needs.

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  1. Elizabeth Kerr: Kerr is a fourth year graduate student in the Program in Immunology. The symposium was organized by BioMass, Biomedical Associated Stanford Students.

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  1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Beckman Center B202, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, 94305-5428

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