In Defense of an Academic Career in Microbiology

ABSTRACT The rise of Quit Lit describing the myriad reasons for leaving academia and constant complaining by mentors leave many trainees with little desire for an academic career. Although there are clearly structural and social problems in academia, I feel that they are outweighed by the benefits o...

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Autor principal:	Patrick D. Schloss
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2018
Materias:	career development higher education profession of microbiology Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:06a59d1f128240608450c9209490cdaa2021-11-15T15:24:22ZIn Defense of an Academic Career in Microbiology10.1128/mSphere.00575-172379-5042https://doaj.org/article/06a59d1f128240608450c9209490cdaa2018-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSphere.00575-17https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5042ABSTRACT The rise of Quit Lit describing the myriad reasons for leaving academia and constant complaining by mentors leave many trainees with little desire for an academic career. Although there are clearly structural and social problems in academia, I feel that they are outweighed by the benefits of working and living in an academic environment. Every academic values different things about their job, and here I outline the factors that keep me in academia. To make sure that our best scientists are not scared away from academia, we must provide balance to the negativity that regularly surrounds discussions of careers in academia.Patrick D. SchlossAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlecareer developmenthigher educationprofession of microbiologyMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSphere, Vol 3, Iss 3 (2018)
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description	ABSTRACT The rise of Quit Lit describing the myriad reasons for leaving academia and constant complaining by mentors leave many trainees with little desire for an academic career. Although there are clearly structural and social problems in academia, I feel that they are outweighed by the benefits of working and living in an academic environment. Every academic values different things about their job, and here I outline the factors that keep me in academia. To make sure that our best scientists are not scared away from academia, we must provide balance to the negativity that regularly surrounds discussions of careers in academia.
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In Defense of an Academic Career in Microbiology

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