Members of the former camp are produced by graduate departments of mathematics, chemistry, etc., and reside (mostly) at universities and colleges. (sciencemag.org)
As an early measure, an external researcher was contracted to determine the employment - related needs of graduate students, both on and off campus, what is currently being done by graduate departments at Dalhousie, and what models are in place at North American universities. (sciencemag.org)
Another supposedly objective criterion that Posselt found to be influential during the screening process, especially with elite graduate departments, is the standing of an applicant's undergraduate school. (sciencemag.org)