Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education in Geography

本研究探讨三个问题：（1）地理研究所如何招募、训练研究生，并为他们的专业生涯做好准备？(2)MA/MS和Ph.D.地理系在这些课程中塑造学生的能力和态度？(3)什么类型的资源对加强地理研究生院最有帮助？ 为了解决这些问题，我们正在进行详细的调查和采访的主席，教师，雇主，管理人员和研究生在不同的部门。 我们还收集了各部门用于培养研究生的专业发展资源，特别是关于在当今研究生课程中相对较少关注的学术工作和文化方面，如课程设计，职业规划，职业道德和提案写作。 最后，我们正在将这项研究的结果转化为一个实用的指南，以加强部门和研究生教育（EDGE指南），一个印刷和数字资源的集合，主席和部门可以用来提高他们的研究生课程的质量。 我们的合作伙伴包括高等教育专业和组织发展（POD）网络，几个硕士和博士。地理课程，并在地理和专业发展的广泛专业知识的教师。

This study is investigating three questions: (1) How are graduate students being recruited, trained, and prepared for professional careers by geography graduate programs? (2) How do the environments of MA/MS and Ph.D. geography departments shape the abilities and attitudes of students in these programs? (3) What types of resources are most helpful for strengthening graduate departments in geography? To address these questions, we are conducting detailed surveys and interviews with chairpersons, faculty, employers, administrators, and graduate students in a diverse range of departments. We are also collecting professional development resources that departments are using to train graduate students, especially with regard to those aspects of academic work and culture that receive relatively little attention in today's graduate curriculum, such as course design, career planning, professional ethics, and proposal writing. Finally, we are translating the results of this research into a practical Guide for Enhancing Departments and Graduate Education (EDGE Guide), a collection of print and digital resources that chairpersons and departments can use to improve the quality of their graduate programs. Our partners include the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, several MA and Ph.D. geography programs, and faculty with extensive expertise in geography and professional development.