The challenge of graduate education in the academic environment of today and tomorrow

Inskeep, Keith

doi:10.2527/jas2000.77e-suppl1o

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“…What one should never do though is lose sight of the student’s own goals which include at a minimum graduation and progression towards an independent career. Casida himself once warned that when considering graduate education “you must always remember that you are playing with people’s lives” ( Inskeep, 2000 ).…”

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Reflections on a career as graduate mentor – from baby steps at Wisconsin to today

Hansen

2023

Journal of Animal Science

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Graduate education is an important aspect of the life of most academic scientists and a serious responsibility because it comes with the obligation to help students achieve their career and life goals. It can also be very fulfilling for the graduate mentor in terms of personal satisfaction and advancement of the research program. Learning to be a good major professor is an active process that depends on developing a formal framework of education and modifying that framework for each student based on past experiences and experimentation, advice from colleagues, and the individual personality of the student. Perhaps most important is for the graduate mentor to buy into the success and well-being of the student. Among the characteristics that a major professor could seek to instill in his or her students are critical and independent thinking, self-confidence, a thick skin, teamwork, laboratory skills and understanding, and the ability for hard work. Work to make science joyful by celebrating accomplishments, creating a fun environment in the lab, and stressing the societal value of science as compared to personal rewards or ambition.

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“…Keith Inskeep, the 1998 recipient of the Casida Award, wrote that “Scientists must guard against inventing problems to utilize existing techniques, and develop the in-depth thinking that will allow our students to invent techniques to solve the problems” ( Inskeep, 2000 ). Right on Keith!…”

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Reflections on a career as graduate mentor – from baby steps at Wisconsin to today

Hansen

2023

Journal of Animal Science

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2014 H. Allen Tucker Lactation and Endocrinology Award Graduate education: Lessons from my mentor1

Zinn

2015

Journal of Animal Science

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The challenge of graduate education in the academic environment of today and tomorrow

Cited by 2 publications

References 11 publications

Reflections on a career as graduate mentor – from baby steps at Wisconsin to today

Reflections on a career as graduate mentor – from baby steps at Wisconsin to today

2014 H. Allen Tucker Lactation and Endocrinology Award Graduate education: Lessons from my mentor1

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