Career options clarified
- Nature
- 477,
- 501
- (2011)
- doi:10.1038/nj7365-501b
- Published online
Commission aims to highlight career options for postgraduate science students.
Subject terms:
A new group aims to help graduate students to learn about their options for scientific and other careers, particularly outside of academia. Announced on 8 September, the Commission on Pathways through Graduate School and into Careers has been formed by the US Council of Graduate Schools and the Educational Testing Service. Patrick Osmer, chairman of the commission and vice-provost for graduate studies at the Ohio State University in Columbus, says that the group is polling students about their knowledge of career options, questioning those who have graduated about their career paths and asking employers in various sectors about their needs. The findings will be out in April 2012.
