A Responsibility to the Next Generation
Stephen Alexander an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College has written an excellent article in the New York Times regarding our responsibility to the next generation of scientists. Below, please find an excerpt along wiht a link to the full article.
Late into my junior year at Haverford College, I realized that my life calling was to be a physicist. My senior year, I applied to Ph.D. programs in physics. My grades were average and most graduate admissions committees rejected me, but I was admitted to the University of Maryland, College Park, and to Brown University. I found out years later that an African-American theoretical physicist at Maryland, Jim Gates (who recently won the National Medal of Science), picked out my rejected application, walked it to the Admissions Committee, and suggested that a more careful investigation using broader metrics indicated that they take a second look.
Read the full article at the New York Times: