PSM Articles
The NPSMA accepts links to articles of interest to the PSM degree community. Email links to NPSMA.
April 10, 2012: The Rise of the Professional Master's Degree: the Answer to the Postdoc/PhD Bubble (Nature Biotechnology)
March 30, 2012: Does a Professional Science Master's Degree Pay Off? (Science Careers)
January 18, 2012: Enrollment Up in Professional Science Master's Programs (Inside Higher Ed)
December 16, 2011: A New Kind of School to Train Dr. Atomic (Science Careers Blog)
December 12, 2011: First Professional Science Master's Graduates are Finding Jobs (Illinois News Bureau)
December 11, 2011: UNC Charlotte Launching Graduate Health-Informatics Degree: Master’s Program will be the First of its Kind Among NC Universities (Charlotte Business Journal)
November 24, 2011: Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Facility to Open on December 2011 (AZoNano - The A to Z of Nanotechnology)
November 16, 2011: Where Science, Business Collide (Connection Newspapers LLC)
October 2011: History of the Development of the Professional Science Master's Degree (CGS Communicator)
October 2011: STEM - Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Georgetown University’s Center for Education and the Workforce. A report by Anthony Carnevale, Nicole Smith, and Michelle Melton)
September 2011: PSM Degree is the MBA of the Science World (Chicago Tribune)
July 22, 2011: The Master’s as the New Bachelor’s (New York Times)
July 15, 2011: Melding Talents with a Career in Bioprocessing (Science Careers)
June 2011: Reinventing Biopharma: Strategies for an Evolving Marketplace (The Economist Intelligence Unit)
June 2011: Aligning Higher Education STEM Production with Workforce Demand through Professional Master’s Degrees (Business-Higher Education Forum Issue Brief)
May 13, 2011: More Local Schools Adding Professional Science Degree: NU, UMass and WPI Offerings Help Students Fill Company Roles More Quickly (Boston Business Journal - subscription required)
May 2011: Mixing Business & Chemistry: Should I Consider a PSM Degree? (American Chemical Society)
April 2011: Higher Education and National Security: The Targeting of Sensitive, Proprietary and Classified Information on Campuses of Higher Education (U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation)
April 20, 2011: Education: Rethinking PhDs (Nature)
March 23, 2011: Degrees for What Jobs? Raising Expectations for Universities and Colleges in a Global Economy (NGA Center for Best Practices)
March 10, 2011: Why American Innovation will Beat out China's (CNN)
March 8, 2011: Unique Option for an Advanced Degree in Science (The Daily Evergreen)
February 4, 2011: Taken for Granted: Doing Something Different with your Science (Science Careers)
January 26, 2011: The Other Path: The Professional Science Master's Degree is Growing in Popularity but is Losing its Initial Funding. Can it Survive? (Nature)
December 26, 2010: A Master’s for Science Professionals Sweeps U.S. Schools (The New York Times)
December 7, 2010: Business-Higher Education Forum Receives Funding from Sloan Foundation to Bolster Professional Science Master’s Programs: Will Advocate for Greater Employer Support and Collaboration with Universities (Business-Higher Education Forum)
December 2010: A new Model Master's: Students Torn Between the Worlds of Business and Physics may soon have Fresh Options Thanks to a Novel Hybrid Course Gaining Popularity in the U.S. (Journal of Physics. This article originally appeared in the June 2010 issue of Physics World)
November 30, 2010: Professional Master's Program a Boon to Connecticut Tech Industry (UConn Today)
October 7, 2010: The PSM (Lab Manager Magazine)
October 7, 2010: Biorefining U: University-lead Programs Answer a Growing Demand for Bio Based Education Biorefining Magazine)
October 2010: PSM Recognition Project: Stakeholders Recommend Principles and Criteria for PSM Program Recognition (CGS Communicator)
September 7, 2010: Number of Universities Offering PSM Programs Surpasses 100 Number of PSM programs tops 200 (CGS Press Release)
August 15, 2010: Needed: Support for Professional Science Master's Degrees (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
August 2010: Professional Master’s Education: Increasing numbers of students are getting professional master's degrees in the biosciences, preparing them for jobs in the nation's tech-based workforce (ASBMB Today)
June 18, 2010: Career Advice: Professional Science Master's Degrees (Science Careers)
May 2010: Training Physics Professionals for the Nonacademic Workforce (APS News)
May 2010: Integrating Professional Abilities and Interaction with Employers in an Outcomes Assessment Plan: An Example from Professional Science Master’s Programs (CGS Communicator)
April 6, 2010: Oklahoma EDGE Fund Exec Seeks Oversight Commission (Dolan Media Newswires, as printed in the Journal Record Legislative Report)
February 17, 2010: Graduation Gaps for Science Majors (Inside Higher Ed)
February 8, 2010: Skills For Success: Pharma Firms are Seeking Adaptable Scientists with the Aptitudes to Meet New Business Needs (Chemical & Engineering News)
January 2010: Is Graduate School for You? (The Mathematical Association of America)
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)
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