Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers

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Publication Year:1995

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Are we producing too many PhDs? Does the current graduate education system adequately prepare science and engineering students for today's marketplace? How do foreign students enter the picture? What should be the PhD of the future? These and other questions ...
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FRONT MATTER	i-xii	(skim)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY	1-10	(skim)
1 THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF GRADUATE EDUCATION	11-18	(skim)
2 THE EMPLOYMENT OF GRADUATE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS	19-46	(skim)
3 THE EDUCATION OF GRADUATE SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS	47-64	(skim)
4 DISCUSSION OF MAJOR RELATED ISSUES	65-74	(skim)
5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS	75-92	(skim)
APPENDICES	93-92	(skim)
A BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ON COMMITTEE MEMBERS	93-96	(skim)
B STATISTICS ON GRADUATE EDUCATION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS	97-138	(skim)
C EMPLOYMENT TRENDS AMONG SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WITH GRADUATE DEGREES	139-172	(skim)
D RESPONDENTS TO CALL FOR COMMENTS	173-178	(skim)
E PANELISTS	179-182	(skim)
F CALL FOR COMMENTS: SUMMARY OF RESPONSES	183-196	(skim)
G SUMMARY OF RESPONSES TO SURVEY ON INFORMATION NEEDS	197-202	(skim)
REFERENCES	203-208	(skim)

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Are we producing too many PhDs? Does the current graduate education system adequately prepare science and engineering students for today's marketplace? How do foreign students enter the picture? What should be the PhD of the future? These and other questions are addressed in this book by a blue-ribbon panel of scientists and engineers. Recommendations are aimed at creating a new PhD that would retain the existing strengths of the current system while substantially increasing the information available, the potential versatility of students, and the career options afforded to them by their PhD education.

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