APS Graduate Education Conference; February 2017 in College Park, MD.

该奖项支持为期两天的会议，邀请物理系主任、物理学研究生项目主任和私营部门成员分析美国物理学研究生教育的现状，并寻求在职业准备、多样性、教育学和方案要素的可持续性等问题上推动改进。作为NSF资助的一系列物理研究生教育会议的第三次会议，本次会议将进一步发展物理学界对实施当前美国物理研究生教育最佳实践的战略知识。这一系列关于物理学研究生教育的会议被证明是一个有效的机制，可以分享研究生教育方面的最佳做法，并加强高等教育管理人员、行业领袖和对改善研究生教育感兴趣的专业协会的网络。本次会议与APS桥梁计划会议联合举办，提供了一个机会，将研究生、APS桥梁计划的代表和更广泛的研究生研究主任聚集在一起，讨论为即将进入美国STEM劳动力大军的物理学生增加多样性和改善专业培训的努力。会议将于2017年2月在马里兰州的College Park举行，将聚集大约100名物理界领袖。为了提高多样性和利用整个美国国内人才库，与会者将讨论和探索从代表性不足的群体中招收和留住学生的方法。此外，随着参与者了解与研究生招生相关的新研究，以及这如何帮助他们吸引和录取更广泛的美国公民，国家安全机构和整体美国经济对国内博士的需求将得到解决。学员还将学习如何调整课程，使学生的准备工作与雇主目前从私营部门、国家实验室和学术界寻求的技能保持一致。为了使物理专业的学生对雇主更具吸引力，学员将学习如何确定这些雇主需要哪些技能，以及如何相应地调整他们的课程。在会议期间分享的知识体系将在一份关于会议的报告中发表，其中包括最佳做法和建议，并将在网上免费提供。

This award supports a two-day conference to engage physics department chairs, directors of physics graduate programs, and members of the private sector in an analysis of the current state of graduate education in physics in the US and seeks to instigate improvement on issues of career readiness, diversity, pedagogy, and sustainability of programmatic elements. As the third in a series of NSF-funded physics graduate education conferences, this meeting will further develop the physics community's knowledge of strategies to implement current best practices in physics graduate education in the US. This series of conferences on graduate education in physics have proved to be an effective mechanism for sharing best practices in graduate education and strengthening the network of administrators in higher education, industry leaders, and professional societies interested in improving graduate education. This conference is hosted jointly with the APS Bridge Program meeting, providing an opportunity to bring together graduate students, representatives from the APS Bridge Program, and directors of graduate studies more broadly to discuss efforts that increase diversity and improve professional training for physics students that will be moving into the US STEM workforce.The conference will occur February 2017 in College Park, MD and will bring together approximately 100 leaders in the physics community. To improve diversity and utilize the entire US domestic talent pool, participants will discuss and explore methods for recruiting and retaining students from underrepresented groups. In addition, the need for domestic PhDs by national security institutions and the US economy in general will be addressed as participants learn about new research related to graduate admissions, and how this can help them attract and admit a broader spectrum of US citizens. Participants will also learn how to adjust their curricula to align student preparation with the skills employers from the private sector, national labs, and academia currently seek. To make physics students more attractive to employers, participants will learn how to ascertain what skills such employers are seeking and how to adjust their curricula accordingly. The body of knowledge shared during the conference will be published in a report on the conference, including best practices and recommendations, and will be freely available online.