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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
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
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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
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One employer, Amgen, has hired about 20% of KGI graduates. The MBS program includes a summer internship between the two years.
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PSM programs include a "plus" practical training and preparation for the component that focuses on workplace workforce. skills: communication, project management, interdisciplinary teamwork, ethics, and -- as appropriate -- business, legal, or computational skills.
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. New Fully Employed Master of Bioscience Program (for full-time employees; delivered via distance learning and evening classes; 3 year program)
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More than 100 program tracks in 50 Subject to the availability of appropriated institutions across 20 states as a result funds, the Director shall award grants to of Sloan's funding 1997-2007. a maximum of 200 4-year institutions of higher education.
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108 SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS Keck Graduate Institute of Program Feature Applied Life Sciences Program Application N/A
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the amount of funding from non Federal sources, including from private industries, that the institution of higher education shall use to support the professional science master's degree program; and (D) an assurance that the institution of higher education shall encourage students in the professional science master's degree program to apply for all forms of Federal assistance available to such students, including applicable graduate fellowships and student financial assistance under titles IV and VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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110 SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS Keck Graduate Institute of Program Feature Applied Life Sciences Preferences
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located in States with low percentages of citizens with graduate or professional degrees, as determined by the Census Bureau, that demonstrate success in meeting the unique needs of the corporate, non-profit, and government communities in the State, as evidenced by providing internships for professional science master's degree students or similar partnership arrangements; or (B) that secure more than two-thirds of the funding for such professional science master's degree programs from sources other than the Federal Government.
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112 SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS Keck Graduate Institute of Program Feature Applied Life Sciences Program Evaluation Regional institutional accreditation (Western Association of Schools and Colleges)
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DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE required. BENCHMARKS. -- Prior to the start of the grant program, the Director, in collaboration with 4-year institutions of higher education (including applicable graduate schools and academic departments)
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114 SCIENCE PROFESSIONALS Keck Graduate Institute of Program Feature Applied Life Sciences Clearinghouse Extensive and expensive recruitment of applicants.
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, and industries and Federal 2006, and by CGS, 2006-present. agencies that employ science-trained personnel, to share program elements A new association of PSM directors, used in successful professional science the National PSM Association master's degree programs and other (NPSMA)
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