caliber of graduate students: excellence across our phd programs
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Caliber of graduate students: Excellence across our PhD programs. Academic Senate Retreat; August 17, 2010. Discussion Leader: Sandeep Gupta Resource liaisons: David Marsh Jean Morrison. Observations. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Caliber of graduate students: Excellence across our PhD
programs
Academic Senate Retreat; August 17, 2010
Discussion Leader: Sandeep GuptaResource liaisons: David Marsh
Jean Morrison
Observations
• Two primary ingredients of a strong doctoral program: strong students and strong faculty
• Most of our doctoral programs prepare students for academic careers at research universities– Only a small fraction of our doctoral students pursue such careers
• In some schools, many doctoral students pursue careers in teaching
• In some others, many work in their areas of specialization in industry
• Increasing numbers of doctoral fellowships have enabled us to attract stronger doctoral students
• Doctoral students are in a unique position to strengthen interdisciplinary research teams
Proposed activities
• Doctoral fellowship programs should continue to grow Number of fellowships Level of support Number of years supported
• Initiate new programs to recognize doctoral students who flourish in our programs
• Provide doctoral students opportunities to prepare for their chosen careers– Training programs in effective teaching (expand CET?)
– Programs to develop their abilities as research mentors
• Fund studies to identify unique capstones as alternatives to classical doctoral dissertations