Archived News: October - December, 2002

Other Issues

• April - June, 2003
• January - March, 2003
• June - September, 2002
• March-May, 2002
• January-February, 2002
• December, 2001
• November, 2001

Topics

Business and Industry
In and Out of Academia
International Topics
Scholarly Citizenship
Studies and Statistics
New Promising Practices Added to our Collection

Headlines this Month

• Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate
  The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching invites participation in a multi-year project ensuring the quality of doctoral education.
• International Resources
  A new section of this web site that collects resources of interest to those who are interested in international trends, issues, and programs in doctoral education.
• Distinguished Graduate Mentor Statements
  Mentoring statements by and about the awardees of the University of Washington's Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award.

Business and Industry

• Mary Dillon Johnson, (2002, July)
  "Off the Bench: Career Options for Scientists" The Chronicle of Higher Education
  Vignettes about choosing to leave laboratory work.

In and Out of Academia

• Alvin L. Kwiram, (2002, September)
  "Statement of Education - Education at the Core"
  A discussion of the shortcomings of in the preparation of Ph.D. graduates who become university faculty members.
• Scott Smallwood, (2002, June)
  Government Report Details Financing of Graduate-Student Assistantships
  A summary of a U.S. Education department report on the funding and benefits received by graduate assistantships during the period 1999-2000.

International Topics

• International Resources
  A new section of this web site that collects resources of interest to those who are interested in international trends, issues, and programs in doctoral education.

Scholarly Citizenship

•  Alice Chu and R. Scott Evans, (2002, May 31)
  "The Value of ' Learning Backward'" Science-Next Wave.
  The value of learning about solving problems that have a personal importance to the student and society.
  
• Courtney Dillard, (2002, July)
  "Blending Academe and Activism"
  A veterinary student describes an internship promoting humane methods of relieving animal over-population on the Colville Reservation.

Studies and Statistics

• Susan P. Choy, Sonya Geis, and Andrew G. Malizio, (June, 2002)
  "Student Financing of Graduate and First-Professional Education, 1999-2000: Profiles of Students in Selected Degree Programs and Their Use of Assistantships"
  This report uses the 1999-2000 NPSAS data to describe the financing of graduate and first-professional education.

New Promising Practices in Doctoral Education

• Arizona State University: Outstanding Graduate Mentor Award
• Arizona State University: Preparing Future Faculty (PFF)
• Howard University: New Awards for Research on Teaching/Learning
• Malmö University: Integrative Approach to Research into Everyday Clinical Problems
• North Dakota State University: Four-Part Portfolio Preliminary Exam in Communication
• Saint Louis University: Graduate Assistant Internship
• Texas A&M University - Commerce: Ph.D. in English with Focus on Pedagogy and Professionalism
• University of Alabama - Birmingham: Career Day for Postdoctoral Scholars and Graduate Students
• University of California - Davis: Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award
• University of Cincinnati: Practicing Communication Skills—The Graduate Poster Forum
• University of Virginia: Tomorrow's Professor Today (TPT)
• University of Washington: Economics Dissertation Lab