Hubble Starts to Wake Up
Posted by on under fall premieres, th fall, returning home, slew, downside, peek, home improvement | 
The downside to choosing not to have TV in my home is that I’ve missed tons of fall premieres, including the slew of new and returning home improvement shows. Just to have an idea of what I’m missing out on, I thought I’d have a peek at what the line up is for this fall [...]Posted by on under fall premieres, th fall, returning home, slew, downside, peek, home improvement |
The downside to choosing not to have TV in my home is that I’ve missed tons of fall premieres, including the slew of new and returning home improvement shows. Just to have an idea of what I’m missing out on, I thought I’d have a peek at what the line up is for this fall [...]Posted by on under chinese science, chinese students, slashdot, best science, ny times, phds, phd students, phd student, grad student, returning home, incentives, academia, hometown, salary, scientists, dean, china, jobs |
blee37 writes "The NY Times reports that China is increasing incentives for Chinese students earning PhDs in the US to return home. One example is a prestigious Princeton microbiologist who returned to become a dean at Tsinghua, the Chinese MIT. In my experience as a grad student, Chinese students were often torn about returning home. The best science and the most intellectually stimulating jobs are in the US. Yet, surely they miss their families and their hometown. As alluded in the article, Chinese science remains far behind, especially because of rampant cronyism in academia as well as government. But, if more Chinese students go back, it could damage the US's technology lead. A large percentage of PhD students in the US are from China. Also, the typical PhD student has their tuition paid for and receives a salary. Does it make sense to invest in their training if they will do their major work elsewhere?"Read more of this story at Slashdot.
