The academic community is at risk of losing a large percentage of researchers, unless institutions and funding agencies start implementing proactive solutions. The post Leadership in response to COVID-19: anticipating the fallout appeared first on University Affairs.

There’s evidence that increasing diversity within science might directly enhance the scientific enterprise, but in order to do so, we need to acknowledge our implicit biases. The post How our current approach to science pushes people away – Part 2 appeared first on University Affairs.

We would like to see major organizations make their reviewer comments available to other funding organizations for grants that “just missed” getting funded. The post Funding more ‘fundable’ research, an opportunity for targeted funding organizations appeared first on University Affairs.

The idea of successive iterations across stages of development is not incongruent with the concept of mastery, and one might expect that further iterations drives greater competence. The post Can ‘ultimate mastery’ act as a framework toward achieving a flow state? appeared first on University Affairs.

The current system of academic science is not organized to support all scientists equally. The post How our current approach to science pushes people away appeared first on University Affairs.