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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)




Promote, document and disseminate existing and planned efforts to reduce

barriers to recruiting, retaining a diverse student body


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




Collect, analyze, and disseminate comprehensive data on outcomes,





• 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




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

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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

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Is participation in professional development activities

correlated with academic markers of success?




Provide support to faculty to increase research productivity and mentoring to

best serve the needs of a diverse student body


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


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


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


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.




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




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.


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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