PSM Initiative
December 9, 2009: Value of the PSM mentioned at a recent AAAS conference focusing on young scientists from the nation’s historically black colleges and universities (AAAS)
December 2009: Highlights of the Sixth Biennial Meeting of Professional Science Master’s Program Leaders (CGS Communicator)
November 6, 2009: Promoting Professional Science Master’s Degrees (Inside Higher Ed)
November 2009: Affiliation as a Professional Science Master's (PSM) Program (CGS Communicator)
September 2, 2009: The New York Times publishes letter from the Chair of the CGS PSM Advisory Board (The New York Times letter)
August 2009: Investing in STEM to Secure Maryland’s Future (Final Report of the Governor’s STEM Task Force mentioning the PSM. presented to Governor Martin O’Malley)
July 2009: Professional Science Master’s Update: The Internship Component (CGS Communicator)
July 3, 2009: Taken for Granted: An Alternative to the Ph.D. Track (Science Careers)
June 20, 2009: Professional master's in science is 21st century MBA (ScienceNews)
May 2009: A master's degree with a business spin gains popularity (Nature Medicine - sub. req.)
May 4, 2009: Needed: Professional Research Technicians: Government Funding Is Up, But Professionalism Still Suffers (Science Progress - Center for American Progress)
April 1, 2009: The Professional Science Master's: The MBA for Science (BioScience)
March 27, 2009: Professional Science Master’s: Programs Merit Wider Support (Science Magazine)
March 6, 2009: Taken for Granted: Shovel-Ready Science (Science Careers)
Winter 2009: So You Want to Work in Business?: Consider A Professional Science Master’s Degree (Association for Women in Science)
Winter/Spring 2009: The Professional Science Master’s Degree: An Integrated Interdisciplinary Degree for Scientists (SACNAS News)
February 14, 2009: AAAS: The New Masters of Science (ScienceNews)
February 10, 2009: Universities adjusting to meet new demands: More degree options becoming available based on shifts in employment landscape (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
January 2009: The M.A. in Applied Archaeology and Current Trends in Graduate Education (The SAA Archaeological Record)
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 3, 2009: PSM, BEST are us at our best (Lake Oswego Review)
November 23, 2009: Skull yields its evidence in a CLAS lab (University of Connecticut)
October 11, 2009: UCF partners with Embry: Universities create joint grad program (Central Florida Future)
May 5, 2009: Professional Science Master’s program graduates first two students May 9 (University News - Appalachian State University)
March 25, 2009: U of I offering new bioenergy degree (The Register Mail)
March 24, 2009: New master's degree would focus on energy, fuels (TheSouthern.com)
March 20, 2009: University of Illinois Offers MS Degree in Bioenergy at College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (BioFuels Journal)
March 19, 2009: $1.7 million grant will prepare stem cell researchers (SF State News)
January 2009: PSM Alumni Profiles from Oregon State University (Oregon State University website)
January 2009: Science Plus Business: Introducing the Illinois Professional Science Master's (Online presentation from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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. (CSU)
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 )
PSM Programs: 246PSM-Affiliated Institutions: 114
as of January 23, 2012
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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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