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1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 86 pages)) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
Chemistry graduate education is under considerable pressure. Pharmaceutical companies, long a major employer of synthetic organic chemists, are drastically paring back their research divisions to reduce costs. Chemical companies are opening new R&D facilities in Asia rather than in the United States to take advantage of growing markets and trained workforces there. Universities, especially public universities, are under significant fiscal constraints that threaten their ability to hire new faculty members. Future federal funding of chemical research may be limited as the federal budget tightens. All of these trends have major consequences for the education of chemistry graduate students in U.S. universities. To explore and respond to these intensifying pressures, the Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology held a workshop in Washington, D.C., on January 23-24, 2012, entitled "Graduate Education in Chemistry in the Context of a Changing Environment." |
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under award number CHE-1147410, and by the National Institutes of Health under award number N01-OD-4-2139, TO#273. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The nature of challenge -- Goals of chemistry graduate education -- Skills taught in chemistry graduate education -- Structure of chemistry graduate education -- Suggested ideas to change chemistry graduate education and skills to benefit students -- References -- Appendixes. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chemistry -- education. |
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Education, Graduate -- trends. |
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Chemistry, Pharmaceutical -- education. |
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United States. |
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Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Graduate) -- United States.
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Chemistry -- Study and teaching (Graduate) |
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United States. |
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Chemistry. |
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Chemistry -- Vocational guidance.
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Chemistry -- Vocational guidance. |
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Challenges in Chemistry Graduate Education.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Challenges in chemistry graduate education. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2012 9780309257084 (OCoLC)800025029 |
| ISBN |
9780309257084 |
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0309257085 |
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0309257093 |
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9780309257091 |
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1283636085 |
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9781283636087 |
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6613948543 |
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9786613948540 |
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