The Ph.D. Bust, Pt. II: How Bad Is the Job Market for Young American-Born Scientists?
U.S. born Ph.D.'s have better job prospects than the immigrant scholars they go to class with -- but they don't exactly have it good either. More »
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Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal.
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