Building Creative and Collaborative Toolkits for Graduate Student Funding Pursuits in CSD

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 25-32
Author(s):  
Javad Anjum ◽  
Naveen Nagaraj
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Student Funding ◽  
Faculty Mentors

The main theme of this brief tutorial is to assist Communication Sciences and Disorders graduate students and faculty mentors in their independent and collective pursuits of funding opportunities. Readers can make use of the proposed strategies to build creative and collaborative funding toolkits and adopt them to suit their goals of identifying and applying to a wide range of graduate student funding opportunities. Special emphasis will be placed on ways of effectively utilizing the array of cloud-sharing and fund-searching tools to facilitate the fund-seeking process. A primer on drafting successful funding applications and ways of evaluating the integrity of resources will be discussed as well.

scholarly journals Expanding Support for Graduate Students: Library Workshops on Research Funding Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Forbes ◽  
Gina Schlesselman-Tarango ◽  
Peggy Keeran
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Student Socialization ◽  
Graduate Student Socialization ◽  
General Communication

This case study describes the development, implementation, and assessment of a series of grants research workshops for graduate students, which were implemented to fill a gap in graduate student support. We assessed the workshops through a series of focus groups, and findings show overall satisfaction with the grants tools and workshop. However, participants noted areas of improvement around outreach and promotion and general communication with graduate students. Additional themes emerged related to graduate student socialization and research behaviors, which suggests that librarians have an important role to serve in these areas.

School-Based Practicum: Exploring the Experiences of Student Clinicians, Supervisors, and New Employees

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-281
Author(s):  
SallyAnn Giess ◽  
Lauren E. Bland ◽  
C. Colin Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Special Interest Groups ◽  
Clinical Practicum ◽  
New Employees ◽  
New School ◽  
School Based ◽  
Wide Range

Purpose Data collected by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) consistently show that over 50% of ASHA-certified speech-language pathologists (SLPs) are employed in a school-based setting. In such a setting, SLPs address a wide range of disorder areas. Key components of preparation for school-based practice are focused academic coursework, the clinical practicum in a school setting, and practicum supervisors who serve as key figures in training graduate students. This survey focused on the experiences and opinions of three groups: (a) graduate student clinicians who have completed a school-based practicum, (b) supervisors in the schools, and (c) new school-based SLPs. Method Convenience sampling was used to survey newly practicing school-based SLPs and school-based supervisors as well as graduate student clinicians at universities in the mid-south who have completed a school-based practicum. Surveys were posted to two ASHA Special Interest Groups and disseminated by selected graduate program directors to graduate student clinicians. Results were analyzed to measure satisfaction with preparation for school-based service. Surveys were completed electronically and analyzed both qualitatively and quantitatively for consistent themes and trends in responses. Results A total of 252 respondents completed the survey, the majority being school-based supervisors. Graduate clinicians and speech-language pathology supervisors shared similar attitudes regarding graduate clinician preparation for a school-based practicum, with most students indicating they received good or extensive preparation and, similarly, supervisors indicating that graduate students were adequately or well prepared. Differences were found in expectations between groups of what graduate students should know, skills identified as needing better development, and what is important for successful practice in the schools. Conclusions Many factors contribute to the success of a clinical practicum. While students, supervisors, and new employees share beliefs in what is important and have similar confidence in preparedness, there are differences in expectations between groups as well. Communication between university training programs, school-based supervisors, and dedicated coursework to school-based practice are key factors in the successful preparation of school-based clinicians.

Faculty–student coauthorship as a means to enhance STEM graduate students’ research skills

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
David F. Feldon ◽  
Kathan D. Shukla ◽  
Michelle Anne Maher
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Graduate Training ◽  
Student Writing ◽  
Research Skills ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
Faculty Mentors ◽  
Academic Year

Purpose This study aims to examine the contribution of faculty–student coauthorship to the development of graduate students’ research skills in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) by quantitatively assessing rubric-measured research skill gains over the course of an academic year compared to students who did not report participating in coauthorship with faculty mentors. Design/methodology/approach A quasi-experimental mixed methods approach was used to test the hypothesis that the influence of STEM graduate students’ mentored writing mentorship experiences would be associated with differential improvement in the development of their research skills over the course of an academic year. Findings The results indicate that students who co-authored with faculty mentors were likely to develop significantly higher levels of research skills than students who did not. In addition, less than half of the participants reported having such experiences, suggesting that increased emphasis on this practice amongst faculty could enhance graduate student learning outcomes. Originality/value Qualitative studies of graduate student writing experiences have alluded to outcomes that transcend writing quality per se and speak directly to the research skills acquired by the students as part of their graduate training. However, no study to date has captured the discrete effects of writing experiences on these skills in a quantifiable way.

Doctoral student funding portfolios across and within engineering, life sciences and physical sciences

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Knight ◽  
Timothy Kinoshita ◽  
Nathan Choe ◽  
Maura Borrego
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Doctoral Student ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Field Variation ◽  
Physical Sciences ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Fields ◽  
Student Funding

Purpose This paper aims to determine the extent to which graduate student funding portfolios vary across and within engineering, life sciences and physical sciences academic fields for degree recipients. “Graduate student funding portfolios” refers to the percentages of students funded by fellowships, research assistantships, teaching assistantships, personal means and other sources within an organizational unit. Design/methodology/approach Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates data set, the authors analyze doctoral students’ self-reported primary mechanisms of funding across and within academic fields varying along the Biglan taxonomy. The authors used cluster analyses and logistic regression to investigate within-field variation in funding portfolios. Findings The authors show significant differences in doctoral student funding portfolios across dimensions of the Biglan taxonomy characterizing academic fields. Within those fields, the authors demonstrate considerable variation in funding; institutions cluster into different “modes” of funding portfolios that do not necessarily map onto institutional type or control variables. Originality/value Despite tremendous investment in graduate students, there has been little research that can help characterize at the program-level how graduate students are funded, either by internal or external mechanisms. As programs continue to feel the pressures of more limited resources coupled with increasing graduate enrollment demands, investigating graduate student funding at a macro level is becoming increasingly important so programs may better understand constraints and predict shifts in resource availability.

scholarly journals Current Employability Scenario of Indian Graduates (Engineering, MBA & Other Streams): A Review

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 01-09
Author(s):  
Rajashree K. Gethe ◽  
◽  
Mahesh S. Hulage ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Employability Skills ◽  
Job Market ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Or Management ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Remedial Actions

Every Graduate Student dreams for a job with good salary once he receives Engineering and/or Management degree. But many of the graduates are not able to get an employment and those students who are getting the jobs they are being paid with less salary even after investing a lakh of money on their higher education. The general reason found behind this situation is a gap between what skills the industry/employers are expecting and what the skills graduate students are having with them. Today’s Employers are looking for those candidates who are possessing wide range of Knowledge and Skills apart of conventional Degree. The present research paper discusses about the issues, concerns related to the Employability of Engineering and Management graduates. Paper also suggests some remedial actions to resolve the employment problems of the same students and promote the concept of Entrepreneurship where students will become ‘Job giver’ than ‘Job seeker’. Keywords: Employability skills, Engineering and MBA Graduates, Job market, Professional World.

scholarly journals Expanding Support for Graduate Students: Library Workshops on Research Funding Opportunities

2017 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Forbes ◽  
Gina Schlesselman-Tarango ◽  
Peggy Keeran
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Research Funding ◽  
Student Support ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Student Socialization ◽  
Graduate Student Socialization ◽  
General Communication

This case study describes the development, implementation, and assessment of a series of grants research workshops for graduate students, which were implemented to fill a gap in graduate student support. We assessed the workshops through a series of focus groups, and findings show overall satisfaction with the grants tools and workshop. However, participants noted areas of improvement around outreach and promotion and general communication with graduate students. Additional themes emerged related to graduate student socialization and research behaviors, which suggests that librarians have an important role to serve in these areas.

Getting My Feet Wet: A Student Educator's Perspective on a Successful Learning Experience

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Gifford
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Learning Community ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Social Issues ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Holistic Education ◽  
Unexpected Events ◽  
School Buses ◽  
Master Of Science ◽  
Strongly Connected

I am a third-semester graduate student at the Audubon Expedition Institute (AEI), a college based in Belfast, Maine. This is a unique, fascinating, and sometimes crazy educational experience in which we travel around a different bioregion of the country each semester. Our method of transport is two converted school buses; we camp out every night and become strongly connected with the land around us. Our degree will be a master of science in environmental education; we study ecosystems and environmental and social issues through self-directed education. Our program emphasizes experiential and holistic education within a strong learning community, and sometimes we have the opportunity to turn unexpected events to our advantage. As a learning community we are each other's roommates, teachers, students, and peers. We cook and eat together and live in an intense, closely knit environment. This semester our community consists of 27 graduate students and four faculty.

FLOTATION MULTISTAGE AND GENERALIZED MODELS OF THE PROCESS HARVESTERS OF KSENOFONTOV TYPE AND FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Boris Ksenofontov
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Water Purification ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Flotation Process ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
First Time

A multistage and generalised flotation model, suggested more than 30 years ago by the author, is considered in a wide aspect for the first time in world literature for reader’s attention in monography. The possibilities of its usage are shown in different directions of water flotation purification, sediment thickening and enrichment of minerals. We have shed a light widely on matters concerning new flotation equipment as flotation harvesters of KBS type and for special purposes, which are developed on the basis of flotation process multistage and generalized models. Perspectives and intensification ways of water purification flotation processes are pointed out. It is suggested for a wide range of readers, including researches, Higher education teachers, PhD students, Masters and Bachelors, Graduate students.

Understanding Graduate Student Parents: Influence of Parental Status, Gender, and Major on Graduate Students’ Motivation, Stress, and Satisfaction

2022 ◽  
pp. 152102512110722
Author(s):  
Hyeon Jean Yoo ◽  
David T. Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Graduate Students ◽  
Graduate Student ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Multiple Roles ◽  
Parental Status ◽  
Special Population ◽  
Stem Fields ◽  
Student Parents ◽  
And Gender

Graduate student parents are a unique subpopulation in higher education that accounts for a large proportion of graduate students. While student parents struggle to balance multiple roles, female students in STEM fields may face more significant barriers in balancing family and academic responsibilities compared to male graduate student parents or female students in non-STEM fields. Despite the urgent need to support this special population, little attention has been paid to how parental status, major, and gender affect graduate students. In this quantitative study of 545 graduate students, we examined the influence of parental status, major, and gender on motivation, stress, and satisfaction. A series of factorial ANOVAs found significant differences in motivation and mental health between graduate student parents and non-parents. Our findings highlight the importance of providing adequate resources to graduate students according to their status.

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