PSM Initiative
December 2008: Establishing a Model Professional Science Master’s Initiative for Veterans (CGS Communicator)
October 13, 2008: But Can They Write A Memo?: Professional group based at WPI looks to ready scientists (Worcester Business Journal)
October 1, 2008: Masters of professional science (Nature Jobs)
September 5, 2008: Taken for Granted: Fitting the Job Market to a T (Science Careers)
August/September 2008: Developing Professional Science Master’s Programs in Partnerships with Industry (CGS Communicator)
August 8, 2008: CSU Stanislaus geneticist Janey Youngblom achieves national certification (California State University Stanislaus)
August 1, 2008: Graduate Programs that Prepare for NonResearch Careers: New Views on the Master's Degree in Science (Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News)
July 23, 2008: National Academies Panel Endorses Professional Master’s Degree (Nature Jobs)
July 21, 2008: Support for Masters of Science: Professional Science Master's Degree Programs are Vital and Must be Funded, NRC Report States (Chemical & Engineering News)
July 14, 2008: Scientists for a New Age (Inside Higher Education)
July 14, 2008: National Research Council Supports Professional Master's Degrees (The Chronicle of Higher Education - Subscription Required)
July 11, 2008: Science Professionals: Master’s Education for a Competitive World (National Research Council)
June 16, 2008: Masters of Industry: Professional science master's programs take root (Chemical & Engineering News)
June 6, 2008: Taken for Granted: Over Here (Science Careers)
April 17, 2008: New graduate-degree concept combines business with science (News Bureau, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
March 7, 2008: Mastering the Job Market (Science Careers)
February 2008: PSM Program Assessment from All Perspectives (CGS Communicator)
January 28, 2008: Area Schools Heed Science Industry's Warning: PSM Degree Programs Aim to Produce Business-Savvy Workforce to Keep U.S. Tech Sector Competitive (The Washington Post)
January 2008: Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008 (CGS)
October 2007: The role of the PSM in physics education? (Donald Langenberg's response to Leo Kadanoff)
September/October 2007: Science Professional Skills = Formula for Success!!! (in Chemistry, American Chemical Society)
August 1, 2007: Final Competitiveness Legislation Authorizes Support for Professional Science Master’s programs at NSF
March 2007: The 2007 State New Economy Index: Benchmarking Economic Transformation in the State - Excerpt on the PSM (Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and The Information Technology & Innovation Foundation)
March 2007: The Changing MBA - Employers have their say (The Greentree Gazette)
PSM "Press Hits" from October 2006 – January 2007 (PDF)
January 27, 2007: A degree of professionalism - There's a growing career path for students who like science, but don't want to be academics (NatureJobs, sub. req.)
January 3, 2007: Tech pros to improve worth with people skills (Tucson Citizen)
April/May 2006: Legisbrief: The Professional Science Master's Degree (National Conference of State Legislatures)
PSM "Press Hits" from July – September 2006 (PDF)
April 2006: CGS Launches Expanded Professional Science Master’s Initiative (CGS Communicator)
PSM Programs
December 11, 2008: OSU among leaders for new science master’s degree bursting onto national scene (LIFE@OSU)
November, 2008: Professional Science Masters degrees gaining national interest (Media-Newswire.com)
September 11, 2008: UMUC Grant Targets Postsecondary Education (The Washington Post)
June 24, 2008: CSU Receives Grant from Sloan Foundation to Support Professional Science Master’s Programs: The $474,000 award is second grant in a three year period. (California State University)
May 27, 2008: Biotechnology Program earns national designation: Professional Science Master's (USF Health Communications)
May 9, 2008: Cream of the crop sprouts from GVSU's new Professional Science master's Program (GVNow - Grand Valley State University)
December 10, 2007: An Express Lane to Careers in Proteomics And Genomics: Master's program produces graduates with industry-specific skills biotech employers seek (Chemical & Engineering News)
May 2007: New master's degree program cross-trains scientists for business world (Western Carolina University)
May 2007: The 2007 State New Economy Index (PSM Excerpt)
May 3, 2007: KGI Cross-Trains Biotech’s Future Leaders (Signals Magazine)
March 2007: The inside track from academia and industry: Translating science into business (Nature)
December 17, 2006: NEW DEGREE: CSU to offer science master's degree (San Francisco Chronicle)
December 15, 2006: CCST Report Helps CSU Launch New Graduate Science Programs (California Council on Science and Technology)
December 13, 2006: Council of Graduate Schools Applauds California State University’s Plans to Launch Professional Science Master’s Programs (CGS Press Release)
December 12, 2006: California State University to launch 16 new graduate science programs (CSU Press Release)
PSM Programs: 212PSM-Affiliated Institutions: 101
as of September 7, 2010
The Council of Graduate Schools announces that in addition to over 200 PSM programs, the number of universities offering a PSM program has reached over 100. More Info >
Commentary in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses the continued growth of the PSM, the benefits in higher education, and sustainability. More Info >
ASBMB Today features the PSM in a new article, discussing how students in the biosciences are obtaining jobs. More Info >
CGS has embarked on a project to develop a widely recognized and sustainable process for recognizing new PSM programs. More Info >
PSM advocates stress the degree’s far-reaching value in a new Science article, including a need for continued program development and stories on how the PSM enhances student’s marketability when searching for employment. More Info >
NSF grants awarded to science master's programs. More Info >
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