Graduate Students and the STEM Workforce: A Capacity Building Proposal to Identify Needs and Shape an Action Plan to Enhance Professional Development Programs and Opportunities

研究生和 STEM 劳动力：确定需求并制定行动计划以加强专业发展计划和机会的能力建设提案

• 批准号: 1413827
• 负责人: Daniel Denecke
• 金额: $ 29.81万
• 依托单位: Council of Graduate Schools
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-09-01 至 2016-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1413827&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Graduate; Students; STEM; Workforce; Capacity

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is undertaking an exploratory capacity building project to plan a multi-year Best Practice research effort focused on institutional models and strategies for integrating STEM workforce development and graduate education. The project will provide a better understanding of what skills deficiencies employers identify in STEM graduate students, what structures are or are not in place to meet those needs, what learning environments are effective, and how investments can be directed and leveraged to enhance STEM workforce preparation. The effort will fill a knowledge gap for graduate degree holders through in-depth input of industry leaders into the research design of the proposed follow-on research plan.The project will lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive evidence-based research study that will identify the characteristics of institutional models and strategies that effectively align professional development training with degree requirements and career outcomes. The primary tasks consist of a CGS member survey, a synthesis/framework paper, a workshop of key stakeholders, and a culminating publication that will include project results, a framework for future action, and a compendium of existing model programs. These activities will involve different types of institutions throughout the U.S. and industry leaders from multiple STEM employment sectors.

研究生院理事会 (CGS) 正在开展一项探索性能力建设项目，以规划一项多年最佳实践研究工作，重点关注整合 STEM 劳动力发展和研究生教育的制度模式和战略。该项目将帮助人们更好地了解雇主在 STEM 研究生中发现的技能缺陷、满足这些需求的现有或尚未到位的结构、有效的学习环境以及如何引导和利用投资来加强 STEM 劳动力准备。这项工作将通过行业领导者对拟议后续研究计划的研究设计的深入投入，填补研究生学位持有者的知识空白。该项目将为更全面的循证研究奠定基础，该研究将确定有效地将专业发展培训与学位要求和职业成果结合起来的机构模式和战略的特征。主要任务包括 CGS 成员调查、综合/框架文件、主要利益相关者研讨会以及最终出版物，其中包括项目结果、未来行动框架和现有模型计划概要。这些活动将涉及美国各地不同类型的机构以及来自多个 STEM 就业部门的行业领导者。