The 2000 National Doctoral Program Survey Released October 17, 2001
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Recommended Practices

The documents linked below are several of the recent reports and recommendations for graduate education, including suggestions for best practices.

• "AAU Committee on Graduate Education Report and Recommendations," Association of American Universities, 1998.

• "Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists," National Research Council, 1998.

• "An Examination of Graduate Education in Astronomy," American Astronomical Society, 1997.

• "The Federal Role in Science and Engineering Graduate and Postdoctoral Education," National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 1997.

• "Final Report of the MLA Committee on Professional Employment," Modern Language Association, 1997.

• "Reforming Graduate Education in the Sciences," Congressman George E. Brown, Jr., 1997.

• "A National Conversation on Doctoral Education: An Emerging Consensus," National Academy of Sciences, 1996.

• "Reshaping the Graduate Education of Scientists and Engineers," National Academy of Sciences, 1995.

• Association of Graduate Schools Clearinghouse, includes descriptions of successful graduate programs and policies, Association of American Universities.

• Promising Practices from Re-invisioning the Ph.D., Jody Nyquist, Principal Investigator.