SPECIAL ISSUE: GRADUATE EDUCATION IN
THE OCEAN SCIENCES
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FROM THE GUEST EDITORS. Introduction to the Special Issue on
Graduate Education in the Ocean Sciences
By S.B. Cook and N.H. Marcus
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The Ocean Science Graduate Education Landscape: A 2015 Perspective
By S.B. Cook, A. Holloway, M. Lettrich, and K. Yarincik
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A Moving Target: Matching Graduate Education with Available Careers
for Ocean Scientists
By M. Briscoe, D. Glickson, S. Roberts, R. Spinrad, and J. Yoder
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SIDEBAR The Individual Development Plan: A Tool to Help Graduate
Students Assume Control of Their Futures
By N.H. Marcus
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SIDEBAR The Optical Oceanography Class Turned 30 in Summer 2015
By M.J. Perry
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SIDEBAR The Duke Professional Master of Environmental Management:
An Exemplary Program Responsive to Workforce Needs
By P. Halpin and A. Read
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Moving Forward: 21st Century Pathways to Strengthen the Ocean Science
Workforce Through Graduate Education and Professional Development
By L.C. Schaffner, T.W. Hartley, and J.G. Sanders
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SIDEBAR The Big Picture: National Initiatives in Graduate Education
By S.T. Ortega and M.T. McCarthy
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Strategies for Increasing Diversity in the Ocean Science Workforce
Through Mentoring
By A. Johnson, M.J. Huggans, D. Siegfried, and L. Braxton
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SIDEBAR The Ocean Science Social Diversity Challenge
By M. Gilligan and S. Ebanks
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SIDEBAR MS PHD’S: By and for Minorities
By L. Ricciardi, V. Williamson Whitney, and A. Johnson
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Broadening the Impact of Graduate Education in the Ocean Sciences
By C. Peach and G. Scowcroft
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SIDEBAR STEM Graduate Students: Learning How to be Effective Storytellers
By N.H. Marcus
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SIDEBAR Out of the Tower and into the Classroom OR How Classroom
Partnerships Give Marine Science Grad Students an Edge
By C. Hopper Brill
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