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 title: "Course Overview"
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-This is a Quarto website.
+Synthesis Skills for Early Career Researchers (SSECR; _\[SEE-ker\]_) is a newly-designed course organized by the [Long Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network](https://lternet.edu/). This course aims to address the need for more comprehensive interpersonal and data skills in ecology. 
 
-To learn more about Quarto websites visit <https://quarto.org/docs/websites>.
+## Course Priorities
 
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+- Surface and test new synthesis ideas for feasibility
+- Prepare more graduate students to be effective participants in/leaders of the synthesis project
+- Connect LTER graduate students across sites
+- Develop intergenerational linkages around synthesis research
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+## Course Structure
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+- Participants: ~27 (approx. 1 graduate students from each [LTER site](https://lternet.edu/site/))
+- Time frame: Biweekly meetings (1 session / 2 weeks) over the course of 9 months
+- Course management: LTER Network Office (LNO)
+- Instruction: LNO staff, guest speakers, LTER Network-recruited mentors