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(1/28/08) From Today’s Washington Post
Area Schools Heed Science Industry's Warning
PSM Degree Programs Aim to Produce Business-Savvy Workforce to
Keep U.S. Tech Sector Competitive
By Valerie Strauss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, January 28, 2008; Page B01
Universities in the Washington D.C. region of the US are in the forefront
of a movement to train more people to enter science and technology
professions and meet what industry leaders call an urgent need to expand
the workforce to keep the U.S. economy competitive.
At least eight schools in Virginia, the District and Maryland are offering
or drawing up plans for a two-year professional science master's degree.
The PSM program is designed to provide more advanced training in
science or mathematics -- with a dose of business skills -- and entice more
students who receive bachelor of science degrees to stay in the field
without having to pursue a doctorate. Most college graduates with four-
year science degrees leave the field and don't return.
The PSM degree, sometimes described as a science version of the MBA
degree, is being hailed as one of the most promising innovations in
graduate education in years.
More information can be found at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/01/27/AR2008012701914.html
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