Graduate Students and the STEM Workforce: A Capacity Building Proposal to Identify Needs and Shape an Action Plan to Enhance Professional Development Programs and Opportunities

研究生院理事会（CGS）正在开展一项探索性的能力建设项目，以规划一项为期多年的最佳实践研究工作，重点是将STEM劳动力发展和研究生教育相结合的机构模式和战略。该项目将更好地了解雇主在STEM研究生中发现了哪些技能缺陷，哪些结构可以满足这些需求，哪些学习环境是有效的，以及如何引导和利用投资来加强STEM劳动力准备。该项目将通过行业领导者对后续研究计划的研究设计的深入投入，填补研究生学位持有者的知识空白。该项目将为更全面的循证研究奠定基础，该研究将确定机构模式和战略的特点，有效地将专业发展培训与学位要求和职业成果相结合。主要任务包括：全球咨询委员会成员调查、综合/框架文件、主要利益攸关方研讨会和最终出版物，其中将包括项目成果、未来行动框架和现有示范方案简编。这些活动将涉及美国各地不同类型的机构和来自多个STEM就业部门的行业领导者。

The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is undertaking an exploratory capacity building project to plan a multi-year Best Practice research effort focused on institutional models and strategies for integrating STEM workforce development and graduate education. The project will provide a better understanding of what skills deficiencies employers identify in STEM graduate students, what structures are or are not in place to meet those needs, what learning environments are effective, and how investments can be directed and leveraged to enhance STEM workforce preparation. The effort will fill a knowledge gap for graduate degree holders through in-depth input of industry leaders into the research design of the proposed follow-on research plan.The project will lay the groundwork for a more comprehensive evidence-based research study that will identify the characteristics of institutional models and strategies that effectively align professional development training with degree requirements and career outcomes. The primary tasks consist of a CGS member survey, a synthesis/framework paper, a workshop of key stakeholders, and a culminating publication that will include project results, a framework for future action, and a compendium of existing model programs. These activities will involve different types of institutions throughout the U.S. and industry leaders from multiple STEM employment sectors.