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

 

National PSM Association (NPSMA) Consultant List

ELIZABETH L. AMBOS
LOCATION: California State University, Chancellor’s Office
How policy issues may affect PSM implementation; higher education systems; California higher education; developing a pipeline for PSM programs

DAGMAR BECK
LOCATION: Rice University, Houston, Texas
Marketing, recruiting, plus-courses

CYNTHIA BAINTON
LOCATION: Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
Program management, structure and finance

CLIFF CHANCEY
LOCATION: University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Fall
Start-up costs, best practices; physics related, combining MS/PSM programs

ELIZABETH FRIEDMAN
LOCATION: Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago
On-line education

DONALD LANGENBERG
LOCATION: University of Maryland, College Park
System-wide PSM implementation

JOHN NISHIO
LOCTION: California State University, Chico
Start up costs, environmental programs, diversity

JEAN SCHAAKE
LOCATION: University of Northern Texas, Denton
Program development, collaboration building

KEVIN SIGHLTER
LOCATION: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
New program development, centrally-administered programs, financial models for PSM programs

SUSAN STITES-DOE
LOCATION: State University of New York, Brockport
Business oriented professional development courses

 
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