a joint project of the National Association of System Heads and the Professional Science Master’s Degree Program

Meet Your Project Leaders

Don Langenberg
Don Langenberg brings a wealth of experience and commitment — to science, to higher education and to the PSM degree — to this project. He has been professor of physics at three major universities, (more...)

Sheila Tobias
Sheila Tobias came upon the idea of the “professional science master’s” in a study of a set of PhD graduates in the physical sciences who by 1994 had given up hope of an academic research career. (more...)

 

Funding for PSM Programs

As the demand for science-trained business professionals continues to grow, there will be an increasing need for Professional Science Master's Degree Programs.

To help meet this demand, we are providing the NASH community with a comprehensive directory of funding opportunities for new and existing PSMs. The funding opportunities are listed in a PDF file prepared by Council of Graduate Schools Dean in Residence Sally K. Francis. This file will be updated periodically.

We welcome your feedback on the funding opportunities directory.

Don Langenberg and Sheila Tobias

 

Congressional Testimony

February 11, 2010: House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education

Strengthening undergraduate and graduate STEM education was the subject of a hearing held by the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on Research and Science Education on Thursday, February 11, 2010.

Karen Klomparens, Dean of the Graduate School at Michigan State University, presented testimony on the role of graduate education in preparing the highly skilled workforce needed for the U.S. to remain competitive in the global economy.

In his opening remarks, Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Lipinski (D-IL) noted, “At the graduate level, I want to examine how we are preparing future faculty to become good teachers, to hear suggestions on how we can improve the teaching of pedagogical skills and to hear whether we are giving students who pursue nonacademic career paths the skills they need to be successful.  I am also interested in the balance between disciplinary and interdisciplinary education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.”

The role of graduate education as a lever for change in both the preparation of future faculty and future teachers was the subject of several questions and some discussion during the hearing.

 
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