Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education A Workshop Summary (2012) / Chapter Skim
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5 Structure of Chemistry Graduate Education
5 Structure of Chemistry Graduate Education
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This chapter summarizes comments from the workshop participants on four structural aspects of chemistry graduate education: the degrees earned, the funding of graduate students, engaging in interdisciplinary research, and partnerships with industry. It concludes with a brief discussion of how chemistry graduate education might change as it responds to current pressures and trends.
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It was outside their comfort zone." One possibility would be to have all graduate students earn master's degrees and then have them demonstrate why they want to go on to get a PhD. Similarly, Michael Doyle pointed to chemistry graduate education in Japan, which is focused largely on producing technically trained master's degree recipients to work in industry.
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schools could have a tremendously positive influence on how students are educated and prepared for the workforce, she said. FUNDING OF GRADUATE STUDENTS Graduate students currently draw on four major sources of support: research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships, and trainee ships.
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Several workshop participants said that students with fellowships often enroll at a small number of elite universities, which tends to undermine broad political and policy support for these programs. Such fellowships also may deprive graduate students of useful experiences, such as teaching assignments.
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Such changes are likely to have significant effects on graduate education. For example, students could have different interactions with faculty advisors when working on interdisciplinary projects.
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Rajiv Dhawan emphasized the role of internships in providing a breadth of experience in graduate education. Finding opportunities for large numbers of PhD students may be difficult, the internships would need to be funded, and there may be issues of liability or safety.
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But what about the other 80 percent of students? One challenge for chemistry graduate education is how it can serve the entire population of graduate students.
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Schuster also pointed out that the chemistry graduate education "over the last 60 or 70 years has been remarkably successful in doing what it has been asked to do. The science and the technology and the innovation and the job creation that have come out of graduate research in this country are the envy of the world." As such, it will be important for universities to build on their strengths as they change and not lose sight of what they have done and continue to do right.
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