MIT survey: 70% of early-career mathematicians doubt their future
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268 early-career mathematicians from nearly 60 institutions were asked how their odds of staying in math had changed since mid-July; ~70% said they increasingly doubt their future as mathematicians, while only 9% saw it brighter.
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