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Volume 2, Issue 1, February 2008 |
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| FY2008 Appropriations Process Ends with Omnibus Bill: Bush Gets His Way |
| The long and arduous FY 2008 appropriations process came to an end on December 26, 2007, when President Bush signed the Consolidated Appropriation Act, which provided FY 2008 funding for most government agencies and programs. |
| Office of Research Integrity Proposes Faculty Mentoring Survey |
| The Office of Research Integrity, Department of Health and Human Services, wants to survey National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation grant recipients about their roles as advisors and mentors. |
| Five-Year Study of Doctoral Education Calls for Changes |
| A five-year study by the Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate (CID) of 84 doctoral-granting departments in six fields finds doctoral education programs generally lacking. |
| "Paradigm Shift" Needed in Social Science Doctoral Education, Study Finds |
| A survey of people who received their Ph.D.s between 1995 and 1999 by the Center for Innovation and Research in Graduate Education (CIRGE) at the University of Washington finds current doctoral education programs are not preparing their students for the 21st-century job market. |
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