Research experiences and mentoring practices in selected east asian graduate programs: Predictors of research productivity among doctoral students in molecular biology

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 305-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruby Ynalvez ◽  
Claudia Garza-Gongora ◽  
Marcus Antonius Ynalvez ◽  
Noriko Hara
Keyword(s):  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Mentoring Practices

Research productivity of sociology PhD candidates at interdisciplinary schools of social science at elite Australian universities, 2013–17: A gender perspective

2020 ◽  
pp. 144078332092709
Author(s):  
Adam Rajčan ◽  
Edgar A. Burns
Keyword(s):  
Social Science ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Research Output ◽  
Gender Composition ◽  
Academic Leaders ◽  
Students First ◽  
Phd Theses ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Australian Universities

Gender data are presented from a study into sociology PhD completions and student research outputs during enrolment at Australian ‘Group of Eight’ interdisciplinary schools of social science. Findings confirm views and impressions offered by Australian sociology academic leaders. The present data contributes to this wider discussion by describing patterns in the contemporary cohort of sociology PhD students. First, we document a stable gender composition of the discipline in Australia reflective of the literature across several decades rather than a recent feminisation process. Second, we report for this cohort of contemporary PhD sociology completions in Australia women and men publish at similar rates during candidacy. Third, there is no significant gendered difference between students at any level of research output production. Fourth, methodological approaches used by sociology doctoral students confirm the epistemological domination of qualitative analysis in this current cohort of sociology PhD theses.

The Mismatch Between Anthropology Graduate Training and the Work Lives of Graduates

2001 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Price
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Work Lives ◽  
Employment Patterns

A glaring mismatch exists between anthropology graduate programs in the United States and the careers of their graduates. Here, I focus on gaps in Ph.D. curricula, but similar patterns characterize many M. A. programs as well. In this article, I challenge the academic anthropology establishment to show that it is providing doctoral students with the knowledge, perspectives, and skills they need to realize optimal work lives. In my view, they are not. Nor are most students being prepared to weigh the ethics of getting the job done outside the ivory towers. Below I present data concerning curriculum offerings and degree requirements at the twenty largest anthropology Ph.D. programs in the nation. To provide context, I first remind the reader of employment patterns for new anthropology Ph.D.s. in the United States.

Our Academic Discipline Is Making Us Sicker

2016 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 389-394
Author(s):  
Scott Magelssen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Academic Discipline ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Family Responsibilities ◽  
Past Generation ◽  
Mental Health Issues ◽  
And Performance

That's right, sicker. At least insofar as sick is a social construct (more on that later). I'm speaking specifically about declining mental health, and for this short essay I focus on our most emergent of theatre and performance-studies scholars: our graduate students. Few of us would disagree that there has always been a significant amount of depression and anxiety among our masters and doctoral students. Recent studies, however, find that more grad students are reporting significant mental health issues today than in any past generation. Perhaps these higher numbers are simply a matter of different and better diagnosing. More likely, those entering graduate programs today have more stressors outside academia: family responsibilities, financial concerns, and culture-related anxiety (more minorities and other historically disenfranchised groups and international students are entering graduate programs than ever before). Moreover, the increase in treatments in the past decades has enabled more students with a history of mental health issues to make it to higher education. It's not the purpose of this short piece to suss out the kinds of student in our programs more likely to be mentally and emotionally distressed. Instead, I look at what we should be doing not to make it worse for the students we have in the years ahead, actions that will benefit the field as a whole and all of us individually.

scholarly journals Molecules to Mankind: Bridging Laboratory and Population Training

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rachel M. Burke ◽  
Julie A. Gazmararian ◽  
Nael A. McCarty ◽  
Benjamin L. Rambo-Martin ◽  
Kelly A. Shaw
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Doctoral Level ◽  
Track Record ◽  
Unique Model ◽  
Evolving Model

ABSTRACTAim/PurposeToday’s biomedical researchers are expected to apply understanding of basic biology to improve human health. Meeting this goal requires mastery of both laboratory and population sciences, each of which has its own knowledge base, techniques, and training paradigms.BackgroundEmory University’s “Molecules-to-Mankind” (M2M) doctoral pathway was established in 2009 to be an evolving model of interdisciplinary PhD education. M2M supplements fellows’ home programs, ensuring they receive training in both population and laboratory sciences.MethodologyThe present paper describes the M2M program in detail. Surveys of faculty and fellows were also carried out, and the results are presented herein.ContributionThe M2M program follows a unique model by which doctoral students receive training in both population and laboratory sciences. The present paper describes this model, such that the information can be disseminated to other educational institutions interested in implementing similar programs.FindingsThis unique model facilitates engagement of stakeholders including the fellow’s home program, dissertation advisor, and Emory’s professional schools. Recruited across biomedical PhD and MD/PhD programs, fellows have diverse research experiences and represent “spokes” bound together by the M2M “hub.” This hub’s central feature is a weekly seminar class where fellows and faculty members gather for open discussion with interdisciplinary speakers with successful research careers, emphasizing speakers who have tied laboratory and population sciences in their own work. This forum provides an encouraging environment for dialogue on all aspects of biomedical research from the science itself, to the speaker’s career path, and the logistics of garnering institutional support and building transdisciplinary collaborations. A decade since its inception, M2M has a proven track record of shaping early-stage careers for its 49 alumni to date.Recommendations for PractitionersEngaging trainees outside their home doctoral programs can have positive implications on overall quality of education.Recommendation for ResearchersAs interdisciplinary models grow ever more important in biomedical sciences, it is important to further examine the best teaching methods for training the next generation of scientists.Impact on SocietyInterdisciplinary training at the doctoral level is important to produce future cohorts of engaged and versatile scientific leaders.Future ResearchFuture research should continue to explore novel methods of training graduate students at the doctoral level.

scholarly journals Educating Doctoral Students in Kinesiology to Teach Effectively

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p16
Author(s):  
Angela Lumpkin ◽  
Rebecca M. Achen
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Research And Teaching ◽  
Faculty Positions ◽  
Required Courses

Doctoral program graduates, including in kinesiology, may be inadequately prepared to become effective teachers. The purpose of this study was to examine the required courses in research and teaching for kinesiology doctoral students and the related skills and abilities most important for doctoral students to develop to be successful in their first faculty positions. Through a survey, faculty coordinators of graduate programs in kinesiology were asked to identify required courses, the relative importance of skills and abilities in research and teaching, and the preparation levels of doctoral program graduates in research and teaching. Respondents rated courses, skills, abilities, and preparation in research consistently higher than courses associated with teaching. The authors proposed recommendations for preparing a more qualified cadre of kinesiology doctoral program graduates.

scholarly journals Plant Science Graduate Students: Demographics, Research Areas, and Recruitment Issues

HortScience ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 1138B-1138
Author(s):  
Rebecca Darnell ◽  
Jimmy Cheek
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Molecular Biology ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Plant Science ◽  
Student Enrollment ◽  
Career Opportunities ◽  
Plant Sciences

Graduate student enrollment in the plant sciences has decreased over the past several years, and there is increasing interest in recruitment/retention strategies. Before successful strategies can be implemented, however, the status of current plant science graduate programs needs to be determined. Survey data on graduate student demographics, research area, support levels, current recruitment strategies, and career opportunities were collected from 23 plant science graduate programs. Overall, 55% of graduate students in plant sciences were male and 45% were female; about 60% were domestic and 40% were international. Cellular/molecular biology and breeding/genetics were the two disciplines that had the greatest number of graduate students and the greatest number of job opportunities. Most programs cited financial support as the biggest obstacle to recruitment. However, stipend number, the guarantee of multiple years of support, the funding of tuition waivers, and health insurance costs also impact student numbers. As more of these costs are shifted to faculty, there appears to be an increasing inability and/or reluctance to invest grant funds (which support 60% of the plant science graduate students) in graduate student education. These data suggest that the decline in plant science graduate student enrollment may be due to shifting of more of the total cost of graduate training to faculty, who may be unable/unwilling to bear the cost. There is also a clear shift in the research focus of plant science graduate students, as postdoctoral and career opportunities are weighted toward molecular biology/genetics, leaving the more applied plant science areas particularly vulnerable to low graduate enrollment.

scholarly journals A qualitative investigation of the digital literacy practices of doctoral students

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 82
Author(s):  
Diane Louise Bell
Keyword(s):  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Research Productivity ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Time Pressure ◽  
Literacy Skills ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Digital Skills ◽  
Research Students

Academic libraries are currently part of a landscape where there is a rapid growth of digital technologies and electronic resources and they have responded to this by developing their research services. Some of the most specialised and complex research in higher education is conducted by doctoral students and the effective use of digital tools and skills is often crucial to their research workflow and success. The need for digital literacy has been further emphasised during the global pandemic of 2020-21 which has required the maximisation of online working and digital skills to ensure the continuation of education, services and research productivity. This paper presents the findings of a qualitative research study in a UK university exploring factors influencing differences in the digital literacy skills of doctoral students. The literature included has been updated as digital skills and technologies are a constantly changing area of research.   Due the complex nature of doctoral research, it was difficult to draw definite conclusions about the many factors which influence the digital literacy practices of research students. Students interviewed in the study discussed their approaches to and understanding of information, digital and media literacy (Jisc, 2016) but the influence of demographic factors such as age, discipline and gender could not easily be evaluated.  All students in the study appeared to be under time pressure and required a high level of organisation and this was assisted by digital skills and proficiency and access to robust hardware and software. They believed they were largely self-taught and some required appropriate training at the point of need to increase their research productivity. This paper will explore how evidence-based practice and engagement may be used to understand the digital practices of doctoral students and to inform the development of research services within academic libraries. 

scholarly journals THE GRADUATE SPECIALIZATION IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jillian Seniuk Cicek ◽  
Marcia Friesen ◽  
Danny Mann ◽  
Nishant Balakrishnan ◽  
Renato Bezerra Rodrigues ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Degree Programs ◽  
University Departments ◽  
Substantial Growth ◽  
Graduate Research ◽  
University Of Manitoba ◽  
Engineering Education Research ◽  
The University

There has been substantial growth in the formal focus on the pedagogy of engineering in the last two decades. Formalized pathways in Engineering Education (Eng.Ed), including Master’s and Ph.D. degree programs and university departments, have been established in several prestigious universities globally, with many founded in the U.S.. Interest in Eng.Ed in Canada has also grown, but up until very recently there has only been one formal pathway for graduate research in this field. In Fall 2020, the Department of Biosystems Engineering at the University of Manitoba welcomed the first three doctoral students into the Graduate Specialization in Eng.Ed (GSEE).  In this paper we discuss the motivations for, and objectives and benefits of the GSEE, and describe its development. We share challenges encountered, and opportunities envisioned, and theintentions and motivations of the three graduate students who chose this pathway. We reflect on the importance of Eng.Ed programs for the advancement of engineering education research and the development of the discipline in Canada. Descriptions of our efforts and challenges areintended to help the development of additional Eng.Ed specializations or graduate programs in Canada.

scholarly journals Foreign National Doctoral Students In U.S. Economics Programs

2004 ◽  
Vol 1 (11) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joe G. Baker ◽  
Michael G. Finn
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Doctoral Students ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Baccalaureate Degree ◽  
Foreign National ◽  
New Information ◽  
Economics Students ◽  
The 1960S

This paper examines why enrollment of foreign national students in U.S. economics graduate programs increased so dramatically since the 1960s.   New information regarding the “stay rates” of foreign national students is examined.  The paper concludes that growth in the number of  foreign national economics graduate students was related to the quality of U.S. graduate programs, growth in foreign social science baccalaureate degree awards, growing foreign incomes, and movement of foreign economies towards markets.  These trends were especially pronounced in Asia, where most foreign national economics students are from.

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