Tag: research
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House Bill Tackles Grad School Mentorship Problems
Representative Jennifer McClellan’s (VA-04) office has released legislation targeted at improving mentorship in graduate education. The bill, titled the Improving Mentorship in STEM Higher Education Act, authorizes $5 million of NSF grants to efforts that improve mentorship practices in graduate education. Areas of focus include investing in research into best mentorship practices for graduate education…
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Dear Future PhD Student
Going to grad school to get a PhD? We’ve been there, and there are things that we wish we had known back when we were right where you are now. Right at the beginning, when you make the decision to go and where to go, you have a whole risk management project you need to…
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Why you don’t ask a PhD student when they’re planning to graduate
Ah, such an innocent question. Asked with nothing but the purest intent – to show interest in your friend and what they’ve been doing. After all, you’ve been to school. You know that college degrees are well-defined walk-ways, concrete paths marked with courses you must take and exams you must pass, all as you check-box…