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Developing New Programs

Resources for Developing New PSM Programs:

PSM Program Development Overiew (PDF)
Ideas for Launching and Sustaining PSM Mathematics Programs (PDF)

A guide written by Charles MacCluer (Former Coordinator of the Industrial Mathematics Program at MSU) and Leon Seitelman (Consultant).
Professional Master's Education: A CGS Guide to Establishing Programs, Washington, D.C.: Council of Graduate Schools.

A broad and comprehensive guide to best practices, activities and processes required to create a professional master’s program which draws on the experiences of participants in the CGS Professional Master’s Initiative. This book provides essential advice for graduate deans, universities and faculty on the development of collaborative degrees as well as interaction with business, industry and government to devise programs that respond to regional employer needs. Member and Non-Member Pricing.

NOTE: A major revision of Professional Master's Education: A CGS Guide to Establishing Programs was released in September 2011.

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PSM PROGRAM STATISTICS

PSM Programs: 246
PSM-Affiliated Institutions: 114

as of January 23, 2012

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NEWS & UPDATES

CGS PRESS RELEASE: Keck Graduate Institute selected to administer PSM Affiliation process. More Info >

NEW RELEASE: The 2011 Professional Science Master’s Enrollment and Degrees Survey, featuring data regarding applications, first-time enrollment, total enrollment, and degrees awarded. More Info >

The National Conference of State Legislatures has posted an issue brief on the PSM. The brief contains information useful to policy makers. More Info >

The Professional Science Master's: A Council of Graduate Schools Guide to Establishing Programs, which is a major rewrite of the earlier monograph, Professional Master's Education (2006). More Info >

The 2011 Professional Science Master’s (PSM) Student Outcomes Survey, which was designed to capture initial hiring outcomes of PSM graduates and follow them for up to five years after graduation. More Info >

PSM featured in the Education Life section of The New York Times. More Info >

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