#four-strawmen

The number of postdocs is growing, but academic positions are scarce. What's a recent graduate/PhD candidate/prospective grad student to do? Kendall Powell surveys the status of the postdoctoral landscape, in a feature for Nature that should be required reading for anyone in – or considering entering – academia.

A Report Commissioned by the Wellcome Trust

“Many commentators suggest that this additional role of the scholarly communication system – the conferring on authors of scholarly credit and reputation - has come to predominate over all others, with damaging consequences. “