March 23, 2001

Looking (Without Much Success) for New Ways to Help Postdocs

By ANA MARIE COX

Leaders of research organizations and grant-making organizations met with representatives of postdoctoral fellows here this month to devise ways to improve the way postdocs are treated. And while all participants agreed on the need for change, they couldn't agree on concrete steps to take.

The meeting continued a discussion of the postdoctoral experience that was sparked last year by a report detailing many of the problems faced by postdocs (The Chronicle, September 22). The report,

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