EAGER: A Pilot Study to Identify Factors that Inform the Career Goals and Perceptions of Engineering Graduate Students

“这项奖励是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。”在杜克大学April Brown博士的指导下，这项名为“EAGER：一项确定影响工程研究生职业认知和目标因素的试点研究”的探索性研究（EAGER）提案将支持一项试点教育研究，以研究杜克大学工程研究生在博士或硕士学位课程的各个阶段的职业前景和目标。这项研究将在2009-2010学年进行，它还将确定杜克大学工程专业学生对其预期职业选择的看法的变量或经历。这项试点研究的结果将用于制定具体的后续活动，这些活动将与全国各地的一小部分工程学院合作，在更广泛、更多样化的环境中测试方法和结果。

"This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5)." This Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) proposal, entitled "EAGER: A Pilot Study to Identify Factors that Inform the Career Perceptions and Goals of Engineering Graduate Students", at Duke University, under the direction of Dr. April Brown, will support a pilot education research study to examine the career perspectives and goals of Duke engineering graduate students at various points of their doctoral or master's degree programs. The study, which will be carried out during the 2009-2010 academic year, will also identify the variables or experiences that inform Duke engineering student perspectives on their anticipated career selection. The findings from this pilot study will be used to develop specific follow-on activities which will partner with a small set of engineering schools across the nation to test the methodology and findings in broader, diverse settings.