AAU PhD Program and Career Outcome Data Workshop

在过去的25年里，美国博士生教育改革的必要性一直是许多国家研究的主题。人们注意到，一个特别的挑战集中在职业道路上。研究生通常不会接触到向博士研究生开放的广泛的职业道路，因此阻碍了学生对自己的教育道路和专业准备做出明智的决定。准确和透明的项目和职业结果数据是必要的，以使学生能够确定并指导他们的学习朝着他们期望的职业目标前进。这项授予美国大学协会(AAU)的国家科学基金奖将支持一个研讨会，该研讨会将汇集来自多个机构的代表，这些机构目前正在努力记录和公开博士项目录取、完成和职业结果衡量标准的数据；从事博士职业道路研究的学者；以及负责监督研究生教育的大学管理人员。研讨会的目标是调查现有的情况，以了解博士教育的成果，促进参与者之间的协同作用，并确定下一步的方向。为期一天半的研讨会将支持参与者之间的讨论，讨论数据收集中使用的方法，收集的数据是如何打算或不打算使用的，以及可以采取哪些努力来加强现有努力之间的沟通，标准化方法，并改善关于博士教育和职业成果的文件和数据的可用性。来自收集和分析博士教育成果数据的多个主要努力的代表，博士授予机构的行政领导，以及拓宽学生职业道路的努力领导人将被邀请参加。研讨会将包括小组介绍和促成的讨论。获得可靠、准确和透明的数据是促成有效决策的讨论的重要起点。这次研讨会的直接目标是确定可使这些数据标准化并提供给社区和利益攸关方的直接步骤。最终，我们的期望是，这将导致确定并缓解制度、文化和纪律障碍，这些障碍可能会阻止博士生确定、探索和准备广泛的职业道路。这项提议由教育和人力资源局(EHR)核心研究(ECR)计划和NSF研究培训(NRT)计划共同资助。ECR计划(NSF 15-509)专注于STEM教育的基础研究，在关键研究领域提供资金，这些领域是基本的、广泛的和持久的。NRT计划(17-585/18-507)旨在鼓励开发和实施新的、具有潜在变革性的STEM研究生教育培训模式或方法，以应对不断变化的劳动力和研究需求。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The need to reform doctoral education in the United States has been the subject of a number of national studies over the past 25 years. One particular challenge that has been noted focuses on career pathways. Graduate students generally are not exposed to the breadth of career pathways that are open to Ph.D. recipients, thereby hampering students from making informed decisions about their educational paths and professional preparation. Accurate and transparent program and career outcomes data are necessary to enable students to identify and direct their studies toward their desired career goals. This National Science Foundation award to the Association of American Universities (AAU) will support a workshop that will bring together representatives from a number of institutions currently engaged in efforts to document and make publicly available data on doctoral program admission, completion, and career outcome measures; scholars conducting research on doctoral career pathways; and university administrators charged with overseeing graduate education. The goal of the workshop is to survey the existing landscape for understanding doctoral education outcomes, foster synergies among participants, and determine next directions.The one-and-a-half-day workshop will support discussions among participants regarding methodologies used in data collection, how collected data is intended or not intended to be used, and what efforts can be undertaken to increase communication across existing efforts, standardize approaches, and improve documentation and availability of data on doctoral education and career outcomes. Representatives from a number of major efforts to collect and analyze doctoral educational outcomes data, administrative leaders at doctoral-granting institutions, and leaders of efforts on broadening career pathways for students will be invited to participate. The workshop will include panel presentations and facilitated discussions. Access to reliable, accurate, and transparent data is an essential starting point for discussions that can lead to effective decision making. The immediate goal of this workshop is to determine direct steps that can make such data standardized and available to the community and stakeholders. Ultimately, the expectation is that this will lead to work that will identify and mitigate institutional, cultural, and disciplinary barriers that may prevent doctoral students from identifying, exploring, and preparing for a wide range of career pathways.This proposal is co-funded by the Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) Core Research (ECR) program and the NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program. The ECR program (NSF 15-509) focuses on fundamental research in STEM education by providing funds in critical research areas that are essential, broad and enduring. The NRT Program (17-585/18-507) is designed to encourage the development and implementation of new, potentially transformative models or approaches for STEM graduate education training that address changing workforce and research needs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.