This report builds upon our previous study, which described five patterns of why college
graduates join National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded diversity-focused …

Individual development plans (IDPs) have been promoted nationally as a tool to help
research trainees explore career opportunities and set career goals. Despite the interest in …

Drawing on the largest survey of doctoral students ever conducted, Three Magic Letters
provides a compelling portrait of the graduate school experience and identifies key issues …

Purpose Many countries are looking for ways to enable students to engage more effectively
with PhD study. This paper aims to consider the effects of explicit discipline-specific research …

This paper reports on a survey conducted by the faculty on recent PhD engineering
graduates of the Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Universiti Kebangsaan …

The current study examines the outcomes, processes, and individual predictors of the
pursuit of a STEM PhD among African-American students in the Meyerhoff Scholarship …

Research suggests that community college alumni may be underrepresented within PhD
programs. As such, we implemented and evaluated the Community College to PhD …

Concerns about the extent to which graduate programs adequately prepare students for the
workplace have prompted numerous calls for reform. Understanding what employers look …

Postdoctoral training enables research independence and professional readiness. National
reports have emphasized professional development as a critical component of this training …

Biomedical sciences PhDs pursue a wide range of careers inside and outside academia.
However, there is little data regarding how career interests of PhD students relate to the …