Memo+18


 * Schedule of Activities**

March 2011-October 2011

Participate in the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Tsinghua University, carry out interview with participants from different professions, observe the company activities during the event, study the discussion of future education philosophy of the university. (April 2011) Finish the literature review and archive study. Develop the interview questions. Contact relevant persons for field work. (March 2011 - September 2011) Write the dissertation proposal and defend the proposal. (October 2011)

November 2011- April 2012

Participate in the all semester and spring semester campus employment in Beijing (November 2011, February 2012) Interview in Tsinghua, MSRA, Shanghai Baosteel, the Ministry of Education in China. (Fall 2011, Spring 2012)

May 2012 – November 2012

Analyze the data from China. (May 2012) Visit companies in Silicon Valley and interview personnel (employers, engineers, internship students) there. (June 2012 - August 2012) Interview with students, faculty, and administrative in Stanford, participate in employment conference. (September 2012- November 2012)

December 2012 – May 2013 Write dissertation. Defend dissertation. Plan for future research (probably write a book based on this project).