General PSM Articles
General Articles about professional science master's degrees and skills needed for the 21st century workforce
Communicator
October 2011
Council of Graduate Schools
History of the Development of the Professional Science Master's Degree
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2011_10.pdf
The Atlantic
June 2011
Post-Secondary Education in the 21st Century: Students and Institutions
Most Important Skills for 21st Century Students
http://www.theatlantic.com/21stCenturyEducation/archive/2011/06/most-important-skills-for-21st-century-students/239900/
The New York Times
June 2011
Adriana Gardella
Why Women Have an Advantage in Technology
http://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/why-women-have-an-advantage-in-technology/?ref=technology
The Atlantic
June 2011
Eric Qualman
10 Skills for the Future Workforce
http://www.theatlantic.com/21stCenturyEducation/archive/2011/06/10-skills-for-the-future-workforce-part-1-of-5/240601/
John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development
May 2010
H. Salzman and L. Lynn
Engineering and Engineering Skills: What's really needed for global competitiveness"
http://policy.rutgers.edu/faculty/salzman/EngineeringDemandSkills-SalzmanLynn2010APPAM-vx.pdf
American Physical Society News
May 2010
Eleanor L. Babco, M. Nancy Vincent, and Donald N. Langenberg
Training Physics Professionals for the Nonacademic Workforce
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201005/upload/May-2010.pdf
Newsweek
November 14, 2009
Fareed Zakaria
Is America Losing Its Mojo?
http://www.newsweek.com/2009/11/13/is-america-losing-its-mojo.html
Xconomy
October 14, 2008
Bill Aulet
How to Build a Successful Innovation Ecosystem: Educate, Network, and Celebrate
http://www.xconomy.com/national/2008/10/14/how-to-build-a-successful-innovation-ecosystem-educate-network-and-celebrate/4/
NJ BIZ The Daily
June 4, 2010
Evelyn Lee
Rutgers to receive $700,000 grant from National Science Foundation
http://www.njbiz.com/article-multiple/82108-rutgers-to-receive-700000-grant-from-national-science-foundation
The New York Times
December 30, 2009
Nancy Hass
Ten Master's of the New Universe
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/03/education/edlife/03intro-t.html?ref=education
The New York Times
October 20, 2009
Thomas L. Friedman
The New Untouchables
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21/opinion/21friedman.html?_r=1
The Wall Street Journal
January 26, 2009
Sarah E. Needleman
Doing the Math to Find the Good Jobs
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123119236117055127.html
The New York Times
August 27, 2009
Donald Langenberg
A Hybrid Degree
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/opinion/lweb03skills.html?_r=1
Communicator
July 2009
Update
Professional Science Master's Update: The Internship Component
http://www.cgsnet.org/portals/0/pdf/comm_2009_07.pdf
Science
March 27, 2009
Rita R. Colwell
Professional Science Master's Programs Merit Wider Support
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/323/5922/1676.pdf
The Southern
March 25, 2009
Press Release
New master's degree focuses on energy
http://thesouthern.com/articles/2009/03/25/local/28802134.txt
SF State News
March 19, 2009
Press Release
$1.7M Grant will prepare Stem Cell Researchers
http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/spring/27.html
Science News
February 14, 2009
Janet Raloff
AAAS: The New Masters of Science
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/40906
Association for Women in Science
Winter, 2009
Eleanor Babco & Nancy Vincent
So You Want to Work in Business?
http://www.npsma.org/assetlibrary/AWIS_Winter_2009_Issue.pdf
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
February 10, 2009
Anya Sostek
Universities Adjusting to Meet New Demands
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09041/947946-298.stm?cmpid=news.xml
Nature Magazine
May 2009
Genevive Bjorn
A Master's Degree with a Business Spin Gains Popularity
http://www.nature.com/nm/journal/v15/n5/full/nm0509-465.html
Science Careers
July 3, 2009
Beryl Lieff Benderly
Taken for Granted: An Alternative to the Ph.D. Track
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2009_07_03/caredit.a0900083
Reports
Science Professionals- Master's Education for a Competitive World
(National Research Council, 2008)
http://mbs.rutgers.edu/files/ScienceProfessionalNRReport2008.pdf
Information about the Professional Science Master's Program across the U.S.:
- Council of Graduate Schools Professional Science Master's Program
http://www.sciencemasters.com/
- National Professional Science Master's Association
- Rutgers Research News