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Description
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The NSF spends about a
quarter of a billion dollars on graduate education, and is
in need of finding ways to increase the return to the nation
on its investment. An important part of this goal is to
assure that scientists are able to make use of their
graduate training in their careers. To this end, the study
focuses on two issues: the relationship between graduate
education and work activities, and career transitions.
Better information on scientific careers is needed to
evaluate the prevalence of "alternative" careers, to
determine what skills, experience, and knowledge graduates
should take away from their training, and to develop
strategies to facilitate a successful post-graduation
transition, particularly to non-academic jobs. The project
uses a combination of ethnographic interviewing and survey
techniques.
The Ph.D. Careers Project:
http://spot.colorado.edu/%7Ephdcarer/
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