An article in the latest issue in Nature confirms that what many scientists around academia have observed locally is actually a national trend too: tenured positions are becoming increasingly competitive. The number of PhD graduates continues to increase but the number of jobs in academia has remained stagnant. Further, the funding rate for postdocs has steadily decreased since 2000 - thanks Bush.
Getting a Democrat in office in 2008 may provide help in time for this biologist's graduation and subsequent postdoc, but this article suggests that the economics impact of a research proposal may soon out-weigh its scientific merit.
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