Alfred P. Sloan Foundation

Professional Science Master's Degree

Papers and Articles on the PSM Degree

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Hiring Patterns Experienced By Students Enrolled in Bioinformatics/Computational Biology Programs by Paula Stephan (Report to the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation)

The Professional Science Master's Degree:  Meeting the Skills Needs of Innovative Industries (NGA Issue Brief, March, 2006)

A Degree of Professionalism (Nature, vol. 445, January 2007)

Science Professionals: Master's Education for a Competitive World (National Research Council, 2008)  Note: A PDF of this report is available without charge by clicking the blue button marked "Sign In" on the left side of the web page.

Masters of Industry: Professional Science Master's programs take root (Chemical and Engineering News. vol. 86, no. 24. June, 2008.)

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