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This study describes the goals and characteristics of students who pursue and obtain master's degrees in the natural sciences, assesses the needs of employers for staff trained in the natural sciences at the master's degree level, and examines how these staff contribute in the workplace. The project will lead to a consensus report that will provide findings, conclusions, and recommendations about appropriate goals and effective practices for enhancing master's education in the natural sciences to meet employer needs. It will identify general principles that can be developed to guide efforts to re-shape or enhance master's education in the sciences. It will also discuss what can be learned from efforts already underway to re-shape master's education in the sciences and what programs can learn from the way graduate-level professional programs in fields such as business, public policy, and public health developed to meet employer needs.

REPORT RELEASE, Friday July 11, 2008, Room 100 of the Keck Center of the National Academies, 500 Fifth St., NW, Washington, DC 20001. Please RSVP to Peter Henderson phenders@nas.edu

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Peter Henderson, Study Director, phenders@nas.edu
Kara Murphy, Program Assistant, kmurphy@nas.edu

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