Here's a good opportunity to help you finish your Ph.D.: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. From their website: The Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships are designed to encourage original and significant study of ethical or religious values in all fields of the humanities and social sciences, and particularly to help Ph.D. candidates in these fields complete their dissertation work in a timely manner. In addition to topics in religious studies or in ethics (philosophical or … [Read more...] about Fellowship Opportunity in Humanities and Social Sciences
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Ph.D. Completion Gaps
Inside Higher Ed reports on new data from the Council of Graduate Schools's Ph.D. Completion Project. It finds "significant gaps" in Ph.D. completion rates among different demographic groups. IHE's summary: Generally, foreign, male, and white students are more likely to earn their doctorates after 10 years than are their counterparts who are American, female or minority. The gaps vary greatly across disciplines. For example, in engineering, life sciences, and physical sciences, men are more likely to finish their … [Read more...] about Ph.D. Completion Gaps
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Science Out in the Open Young scientists making their research results open to the public, challenging the standard means of publishing results, and opening themselves up to criticism. Out in the Open (Boston Globe) (HT: Culture Making) Historically Black Colleges Producing More PhDs After falling for several years, the number of PhD recipients produced by historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) is on the rise. Who Produces Black Ph.D.'s? (Inside Higher Ed) Teach Them to Challenge … [Read more...] about Links