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Boundary Spanning in Academia: Antecedents and Near-Term Consequences of Academic Entrepreneurialism
Analyzing the pathways of people who earned interdisciplinary research doctorates in the United States in 2010, we generate three main findings while controlling for gender, ethnicity, discipline, and age. First, individuals who complete an interdisciplinary dissertation display near-term income risk since they tend to earn nearly $1,700 less in the year after graduation. Second, students whose fathers earned a college degree demonstrated a .8% higher probability of pursuing interdisciplinary research. Third, the probability that non-citizens pursue interdisciplinary dissertation work is 4.7% higher when compared with US citizens. Our findings quantify the risks of interdisciplinary work and contribute to policy debates
GRB Polarimetry with POET
POET (Polarimeters for Energetic Transients) represents a concept for a Small Explorer (SMEX) satellite mission, whose principal scientific goal is to understand the structure of GRB sources through sensitive Xâray and Îłâray polarization measurements. The payload consists of two wide fieldâofâview (FoV) instruments: a Low Energy Polarimeter (LEP) capable of polarization measurements in the energy range from 2â15 keV and a high energy polarimeter (GammaâRay Polarimeter Experiment or GRAPE) that would measure polarization in the 60â500 keV energy range. The POET spacecraft provides a zenithâpointed platform for maximizing the exposure to deep space. Spacecraft rotation provides a means of effectively dealing with any residual systematic effects in the polarization response. POET provides sufficient sensitivity and sky coverage to measure statistically significant polarization (for polarization levels in excess of 20%) for âŒ80 GRBs in a twoâyear mission. High energy polarization data would also be obtained for SGRs, solar flares, pulsars and other sources of astronomical interest
Boundary Spanning in Academia: Antecedents and Near-Term Consequences of Academic Entrepreneurialism
Analyzing the pathways of people who earned interdisciplinary research doctorates in the United States in 2010, we generate three main findings while controlling for gender, ethnicity, discipline, and age. First, individuals who complete an interdisciplinary dissertation display near-term income risk since they tend to earn nearly $1,700 less in the year after graduation. Second, students whose fathers earned a college degree demonstrated a .8% higher probability of pursuing interdisciplinary research. Third, the probability that non-citizens pursue interdisciplinary dissertation work is 4.7% higher when compared with US citizens. Our findings quantify the risks of interdisciplinary work and contribute to policy debates.WP158.pdf: 30 downloads, before Oct. 1, 2020