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Graduate School for the 21st Century
The Graduate School's Role in Preparing
Graduate Students for Careers
Ambika Mathur, PhD
Dean, The Graduate School
Associate Provost, Scientific Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Wayne State University
gradschool.wayne.edu/
Graduate School for the 21st Century
Graduate School for the 21st century:
Change leader for success of
a diverse student body
in collaboration with schools and colleges
Service
(Transactional)
Academic
(Professional & Career
Development)
Graduate
Funding
• GTA/GRA
• GPS
Process
Applications
Plan of
Work
Transfer
of Credit
Candidacy
FormsProspectus
ApprovalMA & PhD
Thesis
Format
Check
Degree
Certification
Final
Defense
Graduate
Council
Graduate
Faculty
Status
Recruitment Admission Pre-Candidacy Candidacy Completion Post-Doc Alumni Faculty
Service Activities of the Graduate School
The Graduate SchoolNot just “The Ruler Lady” anymore
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Advocacy for students in collaboration with administration, schools,
colleges, deans, chairs, faculty, staff and students:
A. Promote, document and disseminate existing and planned efforts to reduce
barriers to recruiting, retaining a diverse student body
B. Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,
demographics, and career aspirations of trainees
C. Provide trainees with high-quality competency-based training experiences
that prepare them for successful careers; and provide individual training and
mentoring plans for each trainee
D. Provide support to faculty to increase research productivity and mentoring to
best serve the needs of a diverse student body
(Adapted, in part, from the 2018 NASEM report, as well as CGS & NPA reports)
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Advocacy for students in collaboration with administration, schools,
colleges, deans, chairs, faculty, staff and students:
Promote, document and disseminate existing and planned efforts to reduce
barriers to recruiting, retaining a diverse student body
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Promote, document and disseminate existing and planned efforts to
reduce barriers to recruiting, retaining a diverse student body
• Recruitment: local and national
• Dedicated scholarships, fellowships and assistantships
• Pipeline programs
• Peer-mentoring
• Spectrum of training programs
• Vertical Learning Communities
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Advocacy for students in collaboration with administration, schools,
colleges, deans, chairs, faculty, staff and students:
Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,
demographics, and career aspirations of trainees
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,
demographics, and career aspirations of trainees
• Doctoral alumni survey: 15 years career outcomes
• Data collection, analysis by discipline of ~92% alumni
➢ Total over 15 years
➢ By 5-year cohorts
➢ By gender
➢ By race/ethnicity
➢ By U.S. citizenship status
➢ Association with GPA, GRE, TTD
• Dissemination
Career Outcome Visualization Wheels
Biomedical Career Outcome Visualization Wheel
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Advocacy for students in collaboration with administration, schools,
colleges, deans, chairs, faculty, staff and students:
Provide trainees with high-quality competency-based training experiences that
prepare them for successful careers; and provide individual training and
mentoring plans for each trainee
Proposed Training
13
Phase III
Phase II
Phase I
WSU Structured Approach to Career Development
Experiential Learning (internships)4 – 8 weeks
Didactic Training (interactive workshops)
~ 8 hrs
Exploration (panel discussions)
1-2 hours
WSU’s Micro-Credentialing Program
A micro-credential, also called a digital badge, is a tool for showcasing the skills and experience that may not be readily
apparent by reading an academic transcript, resume or CV
• Career Exploration
• Abstract Writing• Poster Preparation
• 3-Minute Thesis
• Visual Communication• CV and Resume Preparation
• Job Search Using LinkedIn• Networking for Graduate Students
• Cover Letter• Elevator Pitch
• Interviewing Skills• Negotiating for Jobs
• Multiple Role Management• Responsible Conduct of Research
• Health and well-being
Graduate & Postdoctoral Professional Development Series
50
55
60
65
70
75
80
85
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Mo
nth
s to
de
gre
e c
om
ple
tio
n
68.18 62.88 65.28
(N = 85) (N = 22) (N = 7) (N = 11)
*p = 0.93
*p = 0.09
*p = 0.58
Number of events attended
68.50
C.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Non-BEST BEST
Av
era
ge
GR
E P
erc
en
tile
(N = 271) (N = 187)
*p = 1.5E-08
37.96
47.86
A.
(N = 277) (N = 215)
*p = 2E-05
3.3
3.4
3.5
3.6
3.7
3.8
3.9
4
Non-BEST BEST
Cu
mu
lati
ve
GP
A
B.
3.60
3.72
Is participation in professional development activities
correlated with academic markers of success?
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Advocacy for students in collaboration with administration, schools,
colleges, deans, chairs, faculty, staff and students:
Provide support to faculty to increase research productivity and mentoring to
best serve the needs of a diverse student body
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
D. Provide support to faculty to increase research productivity and
mentoring to best serve the needs of a diverse student body
• Funding and support
cGRA
Fellowship Writing Boot Camp
Tuition shortfalls for extramural institutional and individual fellowships
Compliance: IDP
Compliance: RCR
• Training grant support
Cluster GRA
Template information
GPPDs
Diversity recruitment
Data collection
• Postdoc Affairs
Process
Applications
Plan of
Work
Forms
Completion
Candidacy
FormsProspectus
MA & PhD ThesisFormat Compliance
Degree Certification
Final
Defense
GraduateCouncil
GraduateFacultyStatus
Recruitment Admission Pre-Candidacy Candidacy Completion Post-Doc Alumni Faculty
Impact of Value-Added Activities of the Graduate School
OutreachOn Campus
• Grad Open House
• Research Symposium
Off Campus
• Recruitment fairs
• Big Ten, McNair, etc.
• DPSCD
AGRADE
Senior RULE
ALeRT
Implementation
ALeRT
Support
Federal Compliance
RCR
COI
IDP
HLC
Website
Value-Added Activities Increased National Recognition Unprecedented National Impact for WSU
Career ExplorationIDP
Versatile PhD
Credly
BEST(externally funded)
NEH NextGen PhD(externally funded)
CGS Career Pathways
SciPhD
PostDoc Affairs
Data collection& reporting
Alumni Affairs
Postdoc to Faculty Transition Fellows
Competitive GRAs
Grad Faculty Awards
Grad Director Support
Standard Service Activities
Training Grant Support• Incentives• Pre-Proposal GRAs• Grant shortfall coverage
BEST
Professional Development
GPPD Series
Grant Writing
Research Symposia
OTL GraduateWriting Retreat
Graduate
Funding
• GTA/GRA
• GPS
• NRMN workshop
• Fellowship writing
bootcamp
• Alumni networking
• Philanthropy
• Postdoc Assoc.
• Postdoc policy
• Annual symposium
Diversity/Pipeline Programs• BUILD (externally funded)
• KCP (externally funded)
• AGEP (externally funded)
International Recruitment• Agreements with Intl. Institutions
• Indian student strategic scholarships
Strategic Student Funding• Rumble Fellows & Rumble GRAs
• Dean’s Diversity Fellows/MDPhDs
Standard Service Activities of The Graduate School
Process
Applications
Plan of
Work
Transfer of
Credit
Candidacy
Forms
Prospectus
Approval
MA & PhD
Thesis
Format
CheckDegree
Completion
Final
Defense
Graduate
Council
Graduate
Faculty
Status
Recruitment Admission Pre-Candidacy Candidacy Completion Post-Doc Alumni Faculty
Impact of Value-Added Activities of the Graduate School
Graduate
Funding
• GTA/GRA
• GPS
Value-Added
Activities
Unprecedented National
Recognition & Impact
•$25 Million in External Funding
•3 New Training Grant Applications Submitted
•15 Publications
•45 Invited Presentations
• Invited National Program Reviews
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Promote, document and disseminate existing and planned efforts to
reduce barriers to recruiting, retaining a diverse student body
Grants
• NIH/NIGMS and NIH Office of Director: BUILD Linked Awards
Awarded: $21.2 million
PI: Ambika Mathur and Katherine Snyder
• State of Michigan: King Chavez Parks (KCP) Future Faculty Fellowship Program
Awarded: 114,000
PI: Ambika Mathur
• NSF INCLUDES DDLP: BEST BET: Broadening the Experiences of Scientific Training – Beginning Enhancement Track
Awarded: $299,826
PI: Linda Hyman, Co-Investigator: Ambika Mathur
• NIH: Advancing Child Heath Through Cellular and Molecular Biology
Awarded: $458,400
PI: Valerie Opipari, Recruitment Officer: Ambika Mathur
Publications
• Andreoli, J. M.; Feig, A.; Chang, S.; Welch, S.; Mathur, A.; Kuleck, G. A Research-Based Inter-institutional Collaboration to Diversify
the Biomedical Workforce: ReBUILDetroit. Biomed. Central Proc. 2017, doi: 10.1186/s12919-017-0093-6.
• McIntee, F., K. Evans, J. Andreoli, A. Fusaro, M. Hwalek, A. Mathur, A. Feig. Developing Undergraduate Scientists by Scaffolding the
Entry Into Mentored Research. (2018). SPUR: Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (in press).
• Cano, A., Wurm, L.H., Nava, J., McIntee, F., & Mathur, A. (2018). Applicant and faculty characteristics in the doctoral admissions
process: An experimental vignette study. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly (SEMQ), 6 (2), 35-49.
• Mathur, A., A. Cano, M. Dickson, L. Matherly, C. Maun, A. Neale. Portfolio Review in Doctoral Admissions: Outcomes of a Pilot
Program. Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly (SEMQ). April 2019, Volume 7, Number 1.
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,
demographics, and career aspirations of trainees
Grants
• NIH/Office of Director: Wayne State University BEST (Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training)
Awarded: $1.8 million
PI: Ambika Mathur, Co-PI: Christine Chow
• Council of Graduate Schools (CGS): Understanding PhD Career Pathways for Program Improvement
Awarded: $35,000
PI: Ambika Mathur
• NSF: INCLUDES DDLP: BEST BET: Broadening the Experiences of Scientific Training – Beginning Enhancement Track
Awarded: $299,826
PI: Linda Hyman, Co-Investigator: Ambika Mathur
• NIH: Advancing Child Heath Through Cellular and Molecular Biology
Awarded: $458,400
PI: Valerie Opipari, Recruitment Officer: Ambika Mathur
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,
demographics, and career aspirations of trainees
Publications
• Feig, A., L. Robinson, S. Yan, M. Byrd, A. Mathur. Using Longitudinal Data on Career Outcomes to Promote Improvements and Diversity
in Graduate Education. 2016. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 48:6, 42-49.
• Mathur, A., A. Cano, M. Kohl, N. Muthunayake, P. Vaidyanathan, M. Wood, and M. Ziyad. 2018. Visualization of gender, race,
citizenship and academic performance in association with career outcomes of 15-year biomedical doctoral alumni at a public research
university. PLOS ONE. 13(5): e0197473. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0197473.
• Mathur, A., Lean, S. F., Walker, N. V, Kohl, M., Ziyad, M., Cano, A., & Wood, M. E. 2018. Career outcomes for STEM, social and
behavioral sciences and education doctoral alumni. Ageing Sci Ment Health Stud Volume 2(3): 1–16.
Academic (Value Added) Activities of the 21st Century Graduate School
Provide trainees with high-quality competency-based training
experiences that prepare them for successful careers
Publications
• Mathur, A., F. Meyers, T. O’Brien, R. Chalkley, and C. Fuhrmann. 2015. Transforming training to reflect the workforce. Sci Transl
Med 29 April 2015: Vol. 7, Issue 285, p. 285ed4.
• F. Meyers, A. Mathur, C. Fuhrmann, T. O’Brien, P. Labosky, D. Duncan, I. Wefes, A. Wart, M. Friedlander, A. Feig, and R. Chalkley.
Meyers, F., A. Mathur, C. Fuhrmann, T. O'Brien, I. Wefes, P. Labosky, D. Duncan, A. August, K. Gould, M. Friedlander, C. Schaffer, and
A. Van Wart. 2015. The Origin and Implementation of the Broadening Experiences in Scientific Training (BEST) Programs: An NIH
Common Fund Initiative. FASEB J doi:10.1096/fj.15-276139.
• P. Hitchcock, Mathur, A., J. Bennett, P. Cameron, C. Chow, P. Clifford, R. Duvoisin, A. Feig, K. Finneran, D. Klotz, R. McGee, M.
O'Riordan, C. Pfund, C. Pickett, N. Schwartz, N. Street, E. Watkins, J. Wiest, D. Engelke. The future of graduate and postdoctoral
training in the biosciences. 2017. eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.32715.
• Mathur, A., P. Brandt, R. Chalkley, L. Daniels, P. Labosky, C. Stayart, and F. Myers. 2018. Evolution of a Functional Taxonomy of
Career Pathways for Biomedical Trainees. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science. April 2018. pp. 63-65.
https://doi.org/10.1017/cts.2018.22.
• Mathur, A., C. Chow, A. Feig, H. Kenaga, J. Moldenhauer, N. Muthunayake. 2018. Exposure to multiple career pathways by
biomedical doctoral students at a public research university. PLOS ONE 13(6): e0199720. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199720.
• Mathur, A., M.E. Wood, and A. Cano. 2018. Mastery of Transferrable Skills by Doctoral Scholars: Visualization using Digital Micro-
credentialing. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 50:38-45.
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