2012, Oceanography 25(4):6–8, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.107
COMMENTARY | Results of a Preliminary Survey on Graduate Training in Professional Skills
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Authors
Allison Miller | National Oceanographic Partnership Program, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC, USA
Melbourne Briscoe | Research and Education, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC, USA
First Paragraph
Informal discussions suggest the need to understand which professional skills are taught1 in ocean science graduate schools and which are perceived as needed in the workplace by employers and by employees who are in the first five years of their professional careers (termed early-career employees). Is there any agreement among students, faculty, employers, and early-career employees on which skills are relevant to their careers, needed in the workplace, and taught well to students?
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Citation
Miller, A., and M. Briscoe. 2012. Results of a preliminary survey on graduate training in professional skills. Oceanography 25(4):6–8, http://dx.doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2012.107.
References
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