Graduate student careers, Princeton Perspective Project discussed at CPUC meeting
Christina VosbikianThe Council of the Princeton University Community discussed graduate student career paths, the Princeton Perspective Project and the Special Task Force on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at its meetingon Monday. “Graduate student placement and professional development is an area that’s been increasing in importance,” Dean of the Graduate School Sanjeev Kulkarni said. The Graduate School has a number of programs for professional development that work in cooperation with the Office of Career Services, the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and specific academic departments, he said. “Since 2008, our appointments for graduate students and walk-in students has increased 63 percent,”Associate Director for Graduate Student Career Services Amy Pszczolkowski said.“They come to see us for both academic and non-academic career situations.” Roughly 30 specific professional development skill programs are currently offered for graduate students,Pszczolkowski noted,adding that Career Services’ Graduate Student Advisory Board wants to further explore ways in which it can be of assistance. Students pursuing non-academic jobs still receivedisproportionately low support, philosophy professor Sarah-Jane Leslie said. “When we actually look at the numbers, though, at most we place about 50 percent of our students into academic jobs,” she said.
