Congratulations to two CIRTL Scholars for presenting their Teaching as Research projects on the CIRTL network to the national cross network community. Elizabeth Mills: “Mixed Methods Assessment of Introductory Physics […]
Graduate students who are taught how to teach are more likely to be prepared for the realities of working in higher education without affecting their research capacity, according to a […]
Kniffin, K. M., & Hanks, A. S. (2018). The trade-offs of teamwork among STEM doctoral graduates. American Psychologist, 73(4), 420-432. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000288 Teamwork has increasingly become prevalent in professional fields such as […]
National Academies report urges program data transparency and a focus on core competencies. U.S. graduate education in science, technology, engineering and math is, in many ways, the “gold standard” for […]
Congratulations to Jenny Link (top photo) and Elizabeth Reid-Wainscoat (bottom photo) for completing the Scholar Level certification for UCLA’s Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL) – […]
Three efforts — the Coalition for Next Generation Life Sciences; the 10,000 PhDs Project; and a new taxonomy of scientific jobs created by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences — […]
A growing number of universities, students, and funding organizations are working to change biology graduate education to meet the needs of students on a wide array of career paths. But […]
Last fall, the academic career coach Jennifer Polk conducted an informal Twitter poll: How many of you, she asked her followers, received any meaningful pedagogical training during graduate school? Replies […]
New Council of Graduate Schools publication highlights effective strategies and best practices Washington, DC – The next generation of faculty will be better prepared to help their students learn, thanks […]
The goal of one of the longest-running professional-development programs for graduate students and postdocs is baked right into its name. Preparing Future Faculty, which started in 1993, was designed to […]
