Who gets to be a physicist? Research explores physics educational motivations of non-traditional students
What motivates students from non-traditional backgrounds to choose physics at university? Researchers at Communication and Learning in Science, among others, have investigated this question. The ...
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NIH research grant cuts could deal a biting blow to crucial support staff
The funding agency aims to cap “indirect costs” in biomedical research grants. But this behind-the-scenes work is crucial to making research happen.
Cutting funding for science can have consequences for the economy, US technological competitiveness
The jury’s out on whether the US is still at the top of global science. Proposed cuts to major agencies could mean completely ...
‘The main purpose of a university is instruction’: University of Northern Colorado looks at higher faculty pay, other priorities
University leaders, including President Andy Feinstein, agree additional raises are needed for the nearly 400 full-time ...