I’m done with the audio book, so if you’re in to that verse a hard copy, I can bring it to class next week. I had several hours of driving over the weekend and it helped it go by a bit better than just the radio!

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Hey Carrie, great information you shared. As someone who grew up in Massachusetts and New Hampshire, and considered going to school in Vermont before ultimately deciding on Wyoming, these funding data are not at all surprising. Heck, out of state tuition in Wyoming (and cost of living!) was much cheaper than in state tuition at most places in the Northeast! Obviously Wyoming is a unique situation as the state is large, the population is small, there is money from oil/gas industry, and there is only ONE 4-year institution in the state. So, it makes sense that the funding per student is higher there than elsewhere in the country. Massachusetts has a similar set up to what you experienced in Georgia. I’d be interested in how those programs were set up, who they are being used by most often (e.g.- does it help those who are truly underserved/under represented, or is it being used primarily by students who come from privilege), and what other states can do to create similar funding opportunities.

You are crushing it with these recent posts, Cody! Like your last, I once again found myself nodding in agreement to the points you made – and being impressed at the way in which you presented them. I wish I had something more of substance to add to this post at this point, but I really don’t. You covered it well and I’m interested in seeing what others think.

cheers!

Tanya

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Cody, I am with you on both wanting to create a safe learning environment and also, not having what teh answer is to this issue. Have you by chance read the “Tipping Point” by Malcolm Gladwell? It is about the spread of social epidemics, and in the audiobook at least, he talks about school shootings and how/why they spread. He doesn’t offer an answer for stopping them, but offers an explanation for why they have become so much more commonplace. It might be of interest to you to read!

Tanya

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PLOS ONE is certainly a model for high-quality open access journals. The biggest issue I see with the increase in Open Access journals is the massive increase in predatory journals which have arisen. I get several emails a week soliciting publications in these bogus journals. To me, this is frightening as it increases the risk for misinformation to be spread. I would prefer to see efforts made to help reputable journals become more Open Access, rather than the creation of these new, low-quality, scam journals.

In reading this, I’m thinking that there are always many sides to a story. For Ana’s lab boss putting his name on her work, I would assume that in most situations this is completely justified. While journals differ slightly in their requirements for authorship contribution, many PIs readily meet the criteria because they have likely been the ones that: obtained funding for the project (even if it was a grant specifically given to a PhD student, or post doc, the mentors assisted with this, and the mentorship they provide is part of the scoring criteria for most jr investigator grants); provided expert insight on study design; analysis and interpretation of the data; and drafting/critical revision of the manuscript. Just another view on the situation!