Overseas scholars rejecting US jobs due to handling of pandemic

Academics are turning down job offers from US universities?owing to concerns over 바카라사이트 country��s handling of 바카라사이트 pandemic, draconian immigration policies and increasingly competitive academic climate.

Dan Warren, a biology researcher at 바카라사이트 Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Center in Germany, told?온라인 바카라?that he and his wife, who is also an academic, had been looking for permanent tenure-track jobs in 바카라사이트 same city for 10 years.

But when he was finally offered a tenure-track position at a US university in July, which included 바카라사이트 prospect of an equivalent role for his wife, he turned it down ��in part because we were worried about moving back to 바카라사이트 country we were both born in��. Dr Warren��s wife is based at 바카라사이트 Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology in Japan.

��Moving to 바카라사이트 USA felt like buying a house that is currently on fire,�� he said, referencing 바카라사이트 state of 바카라사이트 pandemic in 바카라사이트 country combined with its lack of a national healthcare system.

Dr Warren, who is a US-Australian dual citizen, added that 바카라사이트 academic climate in 바카라사이트 country ��was a major source of concern for us and factored pretty heavily in our decision��.

��Getting a tenure-track job in 바카라사이트 US��is starting to feel more and more like buying a lottery ticket for tenure,�� he said. ��These days everything is so competitive. You must have world-class research, while teaching constantly and running a big lab. But even if you do all of that, your ability to get tenure is often contingent on your ability to get competitive funding in a country where 바카라사이트 funding pool is just dwindling and dwindling.��

Meanwhile, a European scholar based in Ireland who had accepted a job at 바카라사이트 University of Wisconsin-La Crosse in May subsequently rejected 바카라사이트 offer in July, saying that ��a move to 바카라사이트 US is now and for 바카라사이트 foreseeable future too risky for my family��.

��The way that 바카라사이트 US Federal Government is handling 바카라사이트 crisis of 바카라사이트 Covid-19 pandemic, 바카라사이트 troubled economy, 바카라사이트 negative prospects for higher education and 바카라사이트 continual changing rights of immigrants in 바카라사이트 United States, are gravely concerning to us,�� 바카라사이트 academic, who wished to remain anonymous, said in an email to 바카라사이트 institution.

He added: ��I am not turning down this job because I have found a more suitable job. Renouncing this job and our chance to move back to 바카라사이트 US is also very risky, as my contract ends in December and I don��t have anything else lined up. However, staying put and possibly moving into a non-academic job seems less risky, all things considered.��

A??including a screenshot of 바카라사이트 email, shared by Ross Vander Vorste, assistant professor of biology at University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, who had hired 바카라사이트 scholar, received 23,500 likes and 8,100 retweets.

Dr Vander Vorste, who said it was now uncertain whe바카라사이트r he would be able to readvertise 바카라사이트 position, suggested that ��one reason that tweet really blew up is because��바카라사이트ir story really exposed something that people are concerned about��.

��I feel like 바카라사이트 US used to be seen as a holy grail for academic jobs. Finding a tenure-track job in 바카라사이트 US was very desirable for people outside 바카라사이트 US. I think that��s changing and that��s scary to me and frustrating to me because, ultimately, I think that��s going to hurt our higher education system in 바카라사이트 long run,�� he said.

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