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培养下一代天文学家

Training the Next Generation of Astronomers

Peter K. G. Williams, Eric Huff, Holly Maness, Maryam Modjaz, Kristen L. Shapiro, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Linda Strubbe, Betsey Adams, Katherine Alatalo, Kuenley … 展开作者

Peter K. G. Williams, Eric Huff, Holly Maness, Maryam Modjaz, Kristen L. Shapiro, Jeffrey M. Silverman, Linda Strubbe, Betsey Adams, Katherine Alatalo, Kuenley Chiu, Mark Claire, Bethany Cobb, Kelle Cruz, Louis-Benoit Desroches, Melissa Enoch, Chat Hull, Hannah Jang-Condell, Casey Law, Nicholas McConnell, Rowin Meijerink, Stella Offner, John K. Parejko, Jonathan Pober, Klaus Pontoppidan, Dovi Poznanski, Anil Seth, Steven Stahler, Lucianne Walkowicz, Andrew A. West, Andrew Wetzel, David Whysong

摘要:

虽然社会和天文学在过去的50年里都有了很大的发展,但塑造我们这个领域的学术机构和激励机制在很大程度上仍然停滞不前。因此,天文学界面临着几个重大挑战,包括:(1)我们提供的培训与未来天文学家所需的技能不一致,(2)博士后阶段变得越来越苛刻和令人沮丧,(3)我们的工作对有孩子的家庭越来越不友好。解决这些问题需要我们的专业有意识的工程。幸运的是,本次十年审查提供了一个机会,可以修改过时的做法,使之更加有效和公平。该专业状况小组委员会的最高优先事项应该是建议具体的、有资金支持的活动,以确保该领域能够应对我们所描述的挑战。

英文摘要:

While both society and astronomy have evolved greatly over the past fifty years, the academic institutions and incentives that shape our field have remained largely stagnant. As a result, the astronomical community is faced with several major challenges, including: (1) the training that we provide does not align with the skills that future astronomers will need, (2) the postdoctoral phase is becoming increasingly demanding and demoralizing, and (3) our jobs are increasingly unfriendly to families with children. Solving these problems will require conscious engineering of our profession. Fortunately, this Decadal Review offers the opportunity to revise outmoded practices to be more effective and equitable. The highest priority of the Subcommittee on the State of the Profession should be to recommend specific, funded activities that will ensure the field meets the challenges we describe.

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