Graduate Training in Demography

描述：加州大学人口学专业研究生小组 宾夕法尼亚州请求拨款为六人提供人口学培训 博士生预科。当前的培训计划，其续订是 要求，有六个批准的博士前职位，其中五个是 有资金支持。博士前课程由研究生小组在#年管理 人口学，人口研究中心内的教职员工单位 有社会学、经济学和人口学背景。的主要目的是 人口学博士前课程是培养独立的研究人员， 准备在社会人口和人口方面发挥主导作用 分析。这一目标是通过1)强化教学来实现的。 人口学和人口学的方法、理论途径和经验实质 联合学科，以及2)逐步将学生纳入教职 最终将成为独立研究的研究活动。这个 培训计划反映了人口研究中心对 弱势群体的人口变化和健康--在美国和 在发展中国家。人口学研究生小组，由 多年来，NICHD已经证明，它可以招聘有才华的人， 培养有前途的学生，并为他们从事富有成效的职业做好准备。在过去十年中 多年来，人口学研究生组已将16名博士S送入学术界 各就各位。在同样的十年里，28名博士后学生接受了NICHD 实习生。我们表明，绝大多数人已经开始或正在向 在人口和健康方面有很好的职业发展。招聘和培训 少数族裔代表不足的成员--特别是非洲裔美国人--有 一直是人口研究中心的重点。我们记录了一份 早在大学毕业前就开始的招聘制度 六年，这对博士S的稳定生产来说是个好兆头。 在未来的几年里，来自代表不足的少数族裔。

DESCRIPTION: The Graduate Group in Demography at the University of Pennsylvania requests funds to provide training in demography to six pre-doctoral students. The current training program, for which renewal is requested, have six approved pre-doctoral positions, of which five have been funded. The pre-doctoral program is administered by the Graduate Group in Demography, a unit of faculty members within the Population Studies Center with backgrounds in sociology, economics, and demography. The principal aim of the demography pre-doctoral program is to train independent researchers who are prepared to play leading roles in social demography and population analysis. This goal is achieved through 1) intensive instruction in the methods, theoretical approaches, and empirical substance of demography and allied disciplines, and 2) progressive incorporation of students into faculty research activities that will eventually branch into independent research. The training program reflects the Population Studies Center's emphasis on population change and health in disadvantaged groups--in the United States and in the developing world. The Graduate Group in Demography, with support from the NICHD, has demonstrated over the years that it can recruit talented, promising students and prepare them for productive careers. Over the past ten years, the Graduate Group in Demography has placed 16 Ph.D.'s in academic positions. Over the same ten years, 28 pre-doctoral students have been NICHD trainees. We show that the vast majority have started, or are on their way to, strong careers in population and health. The recruitment and training of members of underrepresented minorities--African Americans in particular--has been a point of emphasis for the Population Studies Center. We document a system of recruitment starting well before college graduation that has been in place for six years and that augurs well for the steady production of Ph.D.'s from underrepresented minorities in the years ahead.