An open letter to AAAS journal "Science": Postdocs need to address the "The Future of Research"

McDowell, Gary; Krukenberg, Kristin A.; Polka, Jessica

doi:10.15200/winn.141141.10013

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“…We know that non-US citizens face additional challenges in US graduate education. Among these challenges are access to visas and restrictions around citizenship for many fellowships and employment opportunities (McDowell and Bankston, 2018). In addition to these legal barriers, non-US citizen students are very diverse in terms of race, language and culture.…”

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Demographic characteristics of participants in graduate college professional and sociocultural development programming

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Flores-Scott

Clasing-Manquian

2023

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Purpose The USA’s higher education leaders and professional organizations have called for increased professional development programming at graduate colleges to better prepare US graduate students for their future careers. This study aims to investigate the demographic characteristics of graduate students participating in co-curricular professional development (PD) and sociocultural development (SD) programming at a graduate college at a large, selective and research-intensive public university in the Midwestern USA. Design/methodology/approach Using institutional data from six semesters, the authors examined the characteristics of students that attended the graduate college’s programs at one university. The authors analyzed which students were most likely to attend PD and SD programs using multinomial logistic regression models. Findings Female students, students from US historically marginalized racial groups, and US Pell Grant recipients (low-income students) were found to have a higher likelihood of attending both PD and SD programs at the centralized graduate college. Practical implications The findings will be of interest to graduate deans and educators who support graduate students. Further evaluative research on the usefulness of such programs at other institutions would help graduate colleges better understand the role they play in meeting graduate students’ needs. Originality/value The findings contribute to the understanding of the important role of the US graduate college in the development of graduate students. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, it is the first study to evaluate the backgrounds of graduate students who pursue co-curricular PD and SD opportunities.

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Demographic characteristics of participants in graduate college professional and sociocultural development programming

Schram

Flores-Scott

Clasing-Manquian

2023

SGPE

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“…We issued a call-to-arms to our peers to announce what we were doing, and to emphasize our view that young researchers should have a say in shaping the future direction of the research endeavor ( McDowell et al , 2014a ). To achieve our goal of giving a voice to the aspirations of young researchers, we synthesized the current issues that have been identified as obstructing the progress of scientific research into four focus areas: funding for biomedical research, training of the scientific workforce, the structure of the workforce, and incentives and rewards for scientists ( McDowell et al , 2014c ).…”

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Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists

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The landscape of scientific research and funding is in flux as a result of tight budgets, evolving models of both publishing and evaluation, and questions about training and workforce stability. As future leaders, junior scientists are uniquely poised to shape the culture and practice of science in response to these challenges. A group of postdocs in the Boston area who are invested in improving the scientific endeavor, planned a symposium held on October 2 and 3 , 2014, as a way to join the discussion about the future of US biomedical research. Here we present a report of the proceedings of participant-driven workshops and the organizers' synthesis of the outcomes.

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Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists

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The landscape of scientific research and funding is in flux and affected by tight budgets, evolving models of both publishing and evaluation, and questions about training and workforce stability. As future leaders, junior scientists are uniquely poised to shape the culture and practice of science in response to these challenges. A group of postdocs in the Boston area who are invested in improving the scientific endeavor, planned a symposium held on October 2 nd and 3 rd, 2014, as a way to join the discussion about the future of US biomedical research. Here we present a report of the proceedings of participant-driven workshops and the organizers’ synthesis of the outcomes.

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An open letter to AAAS journal "Science": Postdocs need to address the "The Future of Research"

Cited by 3 publications

References 5 publications

Demographic characteristics of participants in graduate college professional and sociocultural development programming

Demographic characteristics of participants in graduate college professional and sociocultural development programming

Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists

Shaping the Future of Research: a perspective from junior scientists

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