Beschreibung:
The Postdoc Landscape offers historical, international, and domestic examples, solutions, and strategies for addressing the needs of postdoctoral scholars in terms of their presence in government, industry, and the academy. Growing issues and concerns are identified with a clear direction in terms of what practitioners, policymakers, and educators can do to improve the working conditions of postdoctoral scholars.
1. History and Evolution of the Postdoctoral Scholar in the United States 2. A Review of Postdoc Reforms in the United States and the Case of the Fair Labor Standards Act Updates of 2016 3. Institutional Support, Programs, and Policies for Postdoctoral Training 4. Postdoc Scholars in S&E Departments: Plights, Departmental Expectations, and Policies 5. Proactive Postdoc Mentoring 6. Career Coherence, Agency, and the Postdoctoral Scholar 7. European Cross-National Mixed-Method Study on Early Career Researcher Experience 8. Postdoc Trajectories: Making Visible the Invisible 9. Global Perspectives on the Postdoctoral Scholar Experience