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Student-centered, modernized graduate STEM education
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The report emphasizes core competencies that all students should acquire, a rebalancing of incentives to better reward faculty teaching and mentoring of students, increased empowerment of graduate students, and the need for the system to better monitor and adapt to changing conditions over time.Abstract:
The U.S. graduate education system for science technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is widely regarded as among the best in the world. However, evolution in the structure and functioning of the U.S. graduate education system is lagging ongoing changes in the broader scientific enterprise, in the requirements of employers, in the demographics of the student population, and, particularly, in their career ambitions. In response to these disconnects, the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) recently released a report ( 1 ) that lays out a vision of an ideal modern graduate education in any STEM field and a comprehensive plan to achieve that vision. The report emphasizes core competencies that all students should acquire, a rebalancing of incentives to better reward faculty teaching and mentoring of students, increased empowerment of graduate students, and the need for the system to better monitor and adapt to changing conditions over time. Although these issues have been raised in the past, and some institutions have taken positive steps, graduate students are still too often seen as being primarily sources of inexpensive skilled labor for teaching undergraduates and for performing research. Graduate students should demand the kind of education outlined in the report.read more
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Positive factors related to graduate student mental health.
TL;DR: Graduate students report high levels of distress, levels that professionals are calling a mental health crisis as mentioned in this paper, and researchers have identified several factors that may exacerbate student distress, but they did not identify any specific factors that might cause student distress.
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Faculty Perceptions And Knowledge Of Career Development Of Trainees In Biomedical Science: What Do We (Think We) Know?
Stephanie W. Watts,Deepshikha Chatterjee,Julie Rojewski,Carol Shoshkes Reiss,Tracey Baas,Kathleen L. Gould,Abigail M. Brown,Roger Chalkley,Patrick D. Brandt,Inge Wefes,Linda E. Hyman,J. Kevin Ford +11 more
TL;DR: It is the hope that the work presented here will increase the awareness of the BEST national effort and the need for further career development for biomedical trainees.
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Essential challenges in motion control education
TL;DR: Main gaps in motion control education and industrial practice are identified with specific focus on multi-disciplinarity, i.e., contribute to a STEM education ecosystem.
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Building capacity for societally engaged climate science by transforming science training
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors highlight the need for science training that builds collaborative science skills at different career stages to develop a strong community of practice around actionable climate science, and point to strategies that can be adopted at other universities to grow the capacity of scientists to support society in achieving rapid progress on climate action.
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