The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) has released its report on graduate education in biomedical sciences. It is the product of a conference held last fall at which representatives from the FASEB societies discussed critical issues in graduate education with invited guests from other scientific societies, education associations, industry, federal agencies, graduate schools, and policy organizations. Major conference topics included employment trends, admissions policies, types of training, and program assessment. This authors of this report are the conference steering committee (Susan Gerbi, chair; George Abraham; William R. Brinkley; Thomas F. Burks; Barbara C. Hansen; Leonard S. Jefferson; and Sam Silverstein), the society representatives (Ida Chow, Robert J. Cousins, Matthew George, Tony Hugli, Leonard S. Jefferson, Tucker LeBien, Sally A. Moody, Gary R. Pasternack, John P. Perkins, Frank Solomon, and Cynthia Stauffacher), and FASEB staff (Howard H. Garrison). The report was reviewed by the FASEB Board of Directors and approved, as amended, at the May 6, 1997 Board Meeting.
Questions about this report should be directed to Howard H. Garrison, Director, Office of Public Affairs. Additional copies of this report are available from FASEB's Office of Public Affairs (tel. 301/571-0657, [email protected]) and may also be downloaded from FASEB's public affairs home page: http://www.faseb.org/opa/policy.html.
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