Professional Master's Degrees, Trustee Grants
| Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Washington, DC 20005 |
$187,849 |
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| The Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST) collects, analyzes, and disseminates information about the human resources of the United States in the fields of science and technology. It promotes best possible programs of education and training for potential scientists, engineers, and technicians and develops policies for the utilization of scientific and technological human resources by educational institutions, industry, and government for the optimum benefit of the nation. A 2002 Foundation grant supported a set of coordinated efforts by CPST to facilitate efforts to scale up and mainstream professional science master's degree programs. They have posted on their website a compilation of data on the education and employment of science master's degree recipients and created a website dedicated to master's education. In regular issues of its primary publication, CPST Comments, it tracks master's education, with special reference to professional science master's programs and their graduates. CPST has developed contacts with corporations and with federal departments and agencies that are likely to be very interested in the graduates of professional science master's degrees. This new grant will support continuation and expansion of these activities. Project Director: Eleanor Babco, Executive Director. | |
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| University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 |
$100,000 |
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| The professional science master's degree program has grown dramatically in the last few years. A total of about 1000 students enrolled in September 2004 in 45 institutions in 20 States. Early evidence suggests good job placement for the several hundred students who have already graduated. Yet if the new degree is to succeed on a scale that matters nationally, it must be seen and perceived by others to be useful and essential. With this grant, Sheila Tobias at Arizona and Gehrung Associates, a public relations firm specializing in strategic communications for higher education, will plan activities to make the professional science master's degree program more visible. These include face-to-face meetings of program leaders with editors and reporters, production of Op-Ed pieces, and assembling background materials and contact information to ease the work of interested reporters. Special emphasis will be paid to media heeded by employers, as well as electronic outlets. To build the program's name recognition, stature, and validity for business leaders, recruiters, and others, brochures and other materials about the professional science master's degree program will be prepared that will be useful for the range of institutions offering these degrees. Laufer Green Isaac, a public relations and strategic marketing firm with experience in workforce issues, will assist Tobias in preparing the communication package. Project Director: Joaquin Ruiz, Dean, College of Science. | |
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| National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Washington, DC 20001 |
$44,000 |
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| For outreach on professional master's degrees to the Governors' advisors on workforce and economic policy. Project Director: Stephen Crawford, Director, Social, Economic and Workforce Programs Division. | |
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| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY 14623 |
$43,900 |
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| To identify core knowledge and curriculum needs in bioinformatics. Project Director: Gary R. Skuse, Director of Bioinformatics and Associate Professor of Biological Sciences. | |
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| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27515 |
$45,000 |
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| Support to assess the demand for professional science master's degrees in North Carolina and prepare to expand offerings in the University of North Carolina system. Project Director: Gretchen M. Bataille, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs. | |
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