Asee peer logo
advanced search
Displaying all 5 results

Pathways to Entrepreneurship (PAtENT) Program: Reimagining STEM Doctoral Programs

Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Audrey Rorrer, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; David K. Pugalee, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Praveen Ramaprabhu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Mesbah Uddin, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Harish P. Cherukuri, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Terry Xu, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Deep Prajapati, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
) Program: Reimagining STEM Doctoral ProgramsAbstractThis Work in Progress paper describes the development and implementation of a new pathway fordoctoral candidates in STEM programs to satisfy their capstone degree requirements that has thepotential to modernize the STEM Ph.D. The model, Pathways to Entrepreneurship, aims to bringgreater alignment between doctoral degrees and the rapidly changing employment landscape.Programmatic and curricular innovations to the current Ph.D. model are described along with therationale. Project goals are to develop an alternative roadmap for STEM doctoral students, that isscalable, and to investigate pedagogical implications of these innovations, for doctoral educationand for broadening
Relevance Score: 0.01967633

Education and Evaluation for the NRT: Accounting for Numerous Requirements, Multiple Disciplines, and Small Cohorts

Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 2
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Nathalie Duval-Couetil, Purdue University at West Lafayette; Soohyun Yi, Texas Tech University
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
) ethics, 8) interdisciplinary research, 9) multidisciplinary skills, 10) disciplinary knowledge, 11) informatics, and 12) design. This paper only described the evaluation method and no results were presented. • One NRT studied 12 participants in their 3rd, 4th and 5th year of graduate studies (Denton & Borrego) via semi-structured interviews of 10-40 minutes in length, focusing on the influence of the NRT over their career preparation and choices. Among participants, they found a lack of stigma around non-academic career paths, which was credited to the interaction of NRT students with non-academic entities through internships and capstone design projects outside of academia. Students were
Relevance Score: 0.018840976

Theoretical and Applied Perspectives on Online Graduate Engineering Education: Learning-Centered Vision, Administration, and Course Design

Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Andrea Gregg, Pennsylvania State University; Catherine G. P. Berdanier, Pennsylvania State University; Karen A. Thole, Pennsylvania State University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
learn to write through a genre-based perspective for an academicengineering audience. The design of the literature review and the other parts of the Master’spaper to be audience-specific and to make a research argument is incorporated into the writingclass which most online MSME students choose to take. Therefore, the emphasis is not on themaster’s paper as a “capstone report” but is designed to teach students to write for thedisciplinary community, anticipating the needs and expectations of that community, andtranslating the motivation, methods, and results of the project effectively through that lens. Theauthenticity of this experience and evidence of students’ development of academic literacies isdemonstrated in the fact that to date, 15
Relevance Score: 0.017678889

Content Analysis of Data Science Graduate Programs in the U.S.

Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 4
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Duo Li, Shenyang City University; Elizabeth Milonas, New York City College of Technology; Qiping Zhang, Long Island University
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
coreofferings, followed by analytical courses, followed by capstone/internship/project/thesis, followedby statistics/probability/math, followed by programming, followed by businessintelligence/NLP/Machine learning. Least on the list is communication /privacy /professionalism/ethics. In an earlier study [7], content analysis of a total of 59 ALA-accredited Library Master’sprograms in North America listed on the ALA website (www.ala.org/accreditedprograms/directory)in December 2015 were evaluated. Each institution’s course offering documentation on theirwebsites, such as the current course catalog and course description database, were reviewed toidentify data-related programs and courses. The goal of the research was to identify current trendsin
Relevance Score: 0.014134894

Work in Progress: A Holistic PhD Admissions Rubric--Design & Implementation

Conference Session
Graduate Studies Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2021 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access
Authors
Shannon Barker, University of Virginia; Amy Clobes, University of Virginia
Tagged Topics
Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Graduate Studies
Research enthusiasm or or commitment to evaluation, expression of or commitment commitment clearly research, potential for CV, research articulated through articulated through future research personal enthusiasm or demonstration of demonstration of research statement commitment interest experience beyond senior project or capstone (research experiences can
Relevance Score: 0.01091407