Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World

National Research Council

doi:10.17226/12064

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Science Professionals

Master's Education for a Competitive World

(2008)

What are employer needs for staff trained in the natural sciences at the master's degree level? How do master's level professionals in the natural sciences contribute in the workplace? How do master's programs meet or support educational and career goals?

Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World examines the answers to these and other questions regarding the role of master's education in the natural sciences. The book also focuses on student characteristics and what can be learned from efforts underway to enhance the master's in the natural sciences, particularly as a professional degree.

This book is a critical tool for Congress, the federal agencies charged with carrying out the America COMPETES Act, and educational and science policy makers at the state level. Additionally, anyone with a stake in the development of professional science education (four year institutions of higher education, students, faculty, and employers) will find this book useful.

Contributor(s): National Research Council; Policy and Global Affairs; Board on Higher Education and Workforce; Committee on Enhancing the Master's Degree in the Natural Sciences

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National Research Council. 2008. Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/12064.

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146 pages | 6 x 9 |

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Paperback: 978-0-309-11471-4
Ebook: 978-0-309-13424-8

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/12064

Chapters		skim
Front Matter	i-xvi
Summary	1-8
1 Innovation	9-16
2 Master's Education	17-52
3 Mastering the Future	53-70
Appendixes	71-72
Appendix A: Charge to the Study Committee	73-74
Appendix B: Committee Member Biographies	75-84
Appendix C: Committee Meeting Agendas	85-90
Appendix D: America COMPETES Act , Section 7034: Provisions for Professional Science Master's Program	91-94
Appendix E: Estimating the Path of Master's Degree Recipients in the Biological Sciences	95-96
Appendix F: Development of Selected Professional Degree Programs	97-102
Appendix G: Side-by-Side Comparison: Keck Graduate Institute of the Applied Life Sciences, Sloan Foundation Professional Science Master's Initiative, and America COMPETES Act, Section 7034 PSM Provisions	103-116
Appendix H: Data Tables	117-122
Appendix I: Recommendations for Master's Education in Reports of Leading Science, Innovation, and Higher Education Organizations	123-126
Appendix J: Bibliography	127-130

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