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David Macphee - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Exposure to Atmospheric Science in Courses at Minority-Serving Institutions
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2017Co-Authors: David MacpheeAbstract:ABSTRACTOne remedy proposed for the shortage of underrepresented minorities (URMs) in atmospheric science is greater collaboration between Graduate programs in atmospheric science and minority-serving institutions (MSIs). However, if URMs have few opportunities to take relevant coursework at MSIs, then they are unlikely to pursue Graduate Study in atmospheric science and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines. An earlier perusal of MSIs indicated that such opportunities were limited, but in the present Study, a content analysis of courses offered at 180 MSIs found that 91% offered at least one course including content on atmospheric science, and that 4-yr institutions typically offered nearly four such courses. URMs who gravitate to atmospheric science careers also are influenced by courses that are inquiry based, relevant to their experiences, and emphasize discussion of implications for climate change and public policy. Half of the MSI courses related to atmospheric s...
Marlene Wicherski - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Graduate Study in psychology: 1971-2004.
The American psychologist, 2005Co-Authors: John C. Norcross, Jessica L. Kohout, Marlene WicherskiAbstract:This article traces the evolution of Graduate Study in psychology in the United States and Canada during the past 3 decades. The authors summarize the 2003-2004 characteristics of Graduate programs and departments in psychology and compare these data to those obtained in 1970-1971, 1979-1980, and 1992-1993. The most recent data were obtained from the 2005 edition of Graduate Study in Psychology and were based on 495 institutions, 601 departments, and 1,970 Graduate programs. Information is presented for both entire departments (e.g., faculty characteristics, student profiles, admission criteria, Graduate Record Examination and grade point averages, tuition costs, financial assistance) and individual Graduate programs (e.g., areas of Study, number of applicants, acceptance rates, enrollment statistics, retention rates). Particular attention is devoted to the emergence of PsyD programs in professional psychology, the ascendancy of neuroscience programs in academic psychology, and the steady rise in acceptance rates across programs over the past 33 years.
John C. Norcross - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Graduate Study in psychology: 1971-2004.
The American psychologist, 2005Co-Authors: John C. Norcross, Jessica L. Kohout, Marlene WicherskiAbstract:This article traces the evolution of Graduate Study in psychology in the United States and Canada during the past 3 decades. The authors summarize the 2003-2004 characteristics of Graduate programs and departments in psychology and compare these data to those obtained in 1970-1971, 1979-1980, and 1992-1993. The most recent data were obtained from the 2005 edition of Graduate Study in Psychology and were based on 495 institutions, 601 departments, and 1,970 Graduate programs. Information is presented for both entire departments (e.g., faculty characteristics, student profiles, admission criteria, Graduate Record Examination and grade point averages, tuition costs, financial assistance) and individual Graduate programs (e.g., areas of Study, number of applicants, acceptance rates, enrollment statistics, retention rates). Particular attention is devoted to the emergence of PsyD programs in professional psychology, the ascendancy of neuroscience programs in academic psychology, and the steady rise in acceptance rates across programs over the past 33 years.
Jessica L. Kohout - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Graduate Study in psychology: 1971-2004.
The American psychologist, 2005Co-Authors: John C. Norcross, Jessica L. Kohout, Marlene WicherskiAbstract:This article traces the evolution of Graduate Study in psychology in the United States and Canada during the past 3 decades. The authors summarize the 2003-2004 characteristics of Graduate programs and departments in psychology and compare these data to those obtained in 1970-1971, 1979-1980, and 1992-1993. The most recent data were obtained from the 2005 edition of Graduate Study in Psychology and were based on 495 institutions, 601 departments, and 1,970 Graduate programs. Information is presented for both entire departments (e.g., faculty characteristics, student profiles, admission criteria, Graduate Record Examination and grade point averages, tuition costs, financial assistance) and individual Graduate programs (e.g., areas of Study, number of applicants, acceptance rates, enrollment statistics, retention rates). Particular attention is devoted to the emergence of PsyD programs in professional psychology, the ascendancy of neuroscience programs in academic psychology, and the steady rise in acceptance rates across programs over the past 33 years.
W. Dale Compton - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Encouraging Graduate Study in Engineering
Journal of Engineering Education, 1995Co-Authors: W. Dale ComptonAbstract:This Study was undertaken to provide information on the factors that most influence students to undertake Graduate studies in engineering following their baccalaureate degrees. Several hundred engineering deans were asked to send a questionnaire to the three departments in his/her college that had been most successful in encouraging their underGraduates in proceeding to Graduate school. Responses indicated that student participation in semester research, student participation in summer research, and mentoring by faculty are the most significant in encouraging students to proceed with Graduate studies. These conclusions were confirmed by a survey of newly entering engineering Graduate students. Fifty percent of student respondents indicated that they had been involved in some form of research as underGraduates and eighty percent of this group identified that this experience had been important to them in deciding to choose Graduate Study. It is concluded that the inclusion of underGraduate students in research programs can be very important in influencing their career choices and in enhancing their likelihood of proceeding with Graduate studies.
