Recent research on industrial and academic science draws on the notion that academically trained scientists have a strong ―taste for science‖. However, little attention has been paid to potential heterogeneity in researchers’ taste for science and to potential selection effects into careers in industry versus academia. Using survey data from over 400 science and engineering PhD students, we exa...

although some piecemeal efforts have been made to investigate the validity and use of the iranian phd exam, no systematic project has been specifically carried out in this regard. the current study, hence, tried to attend to this void. as such, to ensure a balanced focus on test interpretation and test consequence, and to track evidence derived from a mixed–method study on the validity of irani...

extended abstract 1- introduction ethics is the branch of philosophy that involves systematizing and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct. not that long ago, academicians were often cautious about airing the ethical dilemmas they faced in their research and academic work, but that environment is changing today (gharamaleki, 2004). research ethics involves the application of fundamen...

evaluation of the factors affecting students’ academic failure in urmia university of medical sciences in 1390   rahimi b [1] , kazemi n [2] , mohammadpour y [3] , rahmatnejad l [4] , jabbari n [5] *      received: 1 jul , 2013 accepted: 3 sep , 2013      abstract   background & aims : academic failure of the students in higher education is one of the major problems. this study aims to examine ...

Leadership skills are essential for a successful career as a physician-scientist, yet many MD-PhD training programs do not offer formal training in leadership. The Vanderbilt Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP) previously established a 2-day leadership workshop that has been held biennially since 2006 for students in the first and second years of the graduate school portion of combined MD...

Previous research has shown that the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is an effective intervention for high-achieving underrepresented minority (URM) students; African-American Meyerhoff students are significantly more likely to enter science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) PhD programs than comparison students. The first of two studie...

The PhD viva has been described as mysterious (Burnham, 1994; Morley et al, 2002), unpredictable (Rugg and Petre, 2004) and potentially fearful for students (Delamont et al, 2004), with its form and duration a function of the predilections of individual examiners as well as a function of differences across disciplines. Despite its myriad manifestations the PhD viva voce (live voice), as oral ex...

Building Bridges Across Age and Cognitive Barriers Through Art: College Students' Reflections on an Intergenerational Program With Elders who Have Dementia Elizabeth Lokon PhD a , Jennifer M. Kinney PhD b & Suzanne Kunkel PhD c a Research Associate, Scripps Gerontology Center, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, USA b Professor, Department of Sociology and Gerontology & Fellow, Scripps Gerontology ...