"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers penalized me for it."

Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by jmcgough on Friday November 03, 2023 @11:39PM (#38137947)

> The importance of cross pollinating you postdoc and grad degree is to prove the worth of your degree

Regardless of the intent, it's a fairly arbitrary way to weed out candidates without actually evaluating their strength, and the actual outcome is hurting women or people from a lower socioeconomic background. The schools you went to should be a lot less important than your publications.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by otteromkram on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:58AM (#38138293)

> and the actual outcome is hurting women or people from a lower socioeconomic background.

Can we get a source on this claim?

My dodo brain remembers something like women earn more college degrees than men[0], especially at the postgraduate/terminal level.

[0] https://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=72

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by lazyasciiart on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:27AM (#38138423)

An overall difference still means it is possible for this factor to be working against them.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by naniwaduni on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:39AM (#38138487)

How do you expect to weed out candidates without hurting low-SES? Everything disproportionately hurts low-SES.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:"I couldn't move for a postdoc. Fellowship reviewers pena... by patrick451 on Saturday November 04, 2023 @12:06PM (#38142304)

There is no reason for this to hurt single, childless women disproportionately. We should not be coddling women for their choices in homelife. Nobody is forcing them to start families.

[ Parent | on HN ]