Study analyzed tenure track faculty at ph d. Grantin institutions in the us over a decade. Around 11 % of faculty come from outside of the us, says hunter watman. Retirement age faculty tend to be far more likely to be men than newly hired faculty.
00:46 Inequalities in US faculty hiring
In the US, where a person gained their PhD can have an outsized influence on their future career. Now, using a decade worth of data, researchers have shown there are stark inequalities in the hiring process, with 80% of US faculty trained at just 20% of institutions.
We discuss some highlights from the Nature Briefing. This time, what science says about grieving for a public figure, and why suburban Australians are sharing increasingly sophisticated measures to prevent cockatoos from opening wheelie bins.