DIVERSITY:
Minority Postdocs Are Rare, Independent Breed
Jeffrey Mervis
The tiny number of minority postdocs suggests that the problem starts at the beginning of the pipeline. Still, very little is being done to plug the leaks near the end, where careers are meant to blossom. The vast majority of scientists seem to feel that the scarcity of underrepresented minorities is not an issue that should be addressed at the postdoc level, where performance is all that matters.