Web Career Resources

Academic Career Information

  • COSEPUP Postdoctoral Report
    A report discussing ways of enhancing the postdoctoral experience. It includes discussion of the responsibilities of postdoc, institution, funding agency and professional society.
  • AAS member Robin Corbet has provided the AAS with a result from his 2004 survey of academic astronomy and physics programs in the US. It shows the number of assistant, associate, and full professors as a function of years from PhD.
  • Tomorrow's Professor ListServe Site
    The listserve sends emails a few times a week with information about teaching, research, tenure and other topics of academic interest.
  • Sabbaticalhomes.com
    A website dedicated to helping academic communities around the world find or list houses for rent, exchange or house-sit when on sabbatical leave.
  • Jennifer Hodgdon on Leaving Academic Physics
    An article covering many aspects of career change.

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