Expanding the STEM Workforce by Equipping Physics Bachelors Degree Recipients and their Departments to Address the Full Range of Career Options

通过为物理学士学位获得者及其所在部门提供装备来扩大 STEM 劳动力队伍，以解决全方位的职业选择

• 批准号: 1011829
• 负责人: Toni Sauncy
• 金额: $ 19.92万
• 依托单位: American Institute of Physics
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-09-15 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1011829&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Expanding; STEM; Workforce; Equipping; Physics

Intellectual Merit: The project is developing and disseminating systematic information regarding how recipients of bachelor's degrees in Physics impact the STEM workforce. The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has provided resource information in this area for many years and is in a unique position to develop and directly disseminate a wider array of information through its contacts with physics departments and with students. This project is founded on the premise that, in light of a documented lack of knowledge of the immediate career options of students completing the bachelors degree, Physics Departments, supported by the larger physics community and organizations like AIP and its Member Societies and some of its affiliates, should invest significantly more effort in helping undergraduate students make informed decisions about their future careers and the many career opportunities that are available to them. This is a pilot project that is identifying successful efforts and resources already in use and beginning a program of publications (in print and on-line) to provide more support to departments and to undergraduate students in the future. It is also initiating a pilot program of alumni advisory boards, designed to institutionalize these advances. Broader Impacts: The work addresses each of the following broader impacts. It promotes teaching, training, and learning in STEM. It intends to describe and encourage implementation of practices that broaden the participation of underrepresented groups. Through contributions to the literature documenting the diversity of career options, the needs of employers, and such things as strategies for interviews and resumes, both in print and on-line, it enhances the infrastructure for research and education and encourages networks and partnerships. The project findings are being disseminated in seminars, workshops, and electronically, to enhance scientific and technological understanding. Providing more systematic information about the STEM workforce benefits not only scientists, but the broader society as well.

智力优势：该项目正在开发和传播有关物理学学士学位获得者如何影响STEM劳动力的系统信息。美国物理学会（AIP）多年来一直提供这一领域的资源信息，并且通过与物理系和学生的联系，在开发和直接传播更广泛的信息方面处于独特的地位。这个项目是建立在这样一个前提之上的：鉴于有文献表明，学生完成学士学位后对直接的职业选择缺乏了解，物理系在更大的物理社区和组织（如AIP及其会员协会和一些附属机构）的支持下，应该投入更多的精力，帮助本科生对他们未来的职业和许多可供他们使用的职业机会做出明智的决定。这是一个试点项目，旨在确定成功的努力和已经使用的资源，并开始一个出版物计划（印刷和在线），以便在未来为各系和本科生提供更多支持。它还启动了一个校友咨询委员会的试点项目，旨在将这些进步制度化。更广泛的影响：该工作涉及以下每一项更广泛的影响。它促进STEM领域的教学、培训和学习。它打算说明和鼓励执行扩大代表性不足群体参与的做法。通过对文献的贡献，记录了职业选择的多样性，雇主的需求，以及诸如面试和简历的策略，无论是印刷的还是在线的，它增强了研究和教育的基础设施，并鼓励网络和伙伴关系。项目的调查结果正在研讨会、讲习班和电子方式中传播，以增进对科学和技术的了解。提供有关STEM劳动力的更系统的信息不仅有利于科学家，也有利于更广泛的社会。