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

该奖项支持为期两天的会议，让物理系主任，物理学研究生课程主任和私营部门成员参与分析美国物理学研究生教育的现状，并寻求鼓励改善职业准备，多样性，教学法和方案要素的可持续性问题。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美国物理研究生教育当前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已被证明是一种有效的机制，可以分享研究生教育的最佳实践，加强高等教育管理人员，行业领导者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，让研究生，APS桥梁计划的代表和研究生研究的主任更广泛地讨论增加多样性和改善物理学生的专业培训的努力，这些学生将进入美国STEM劳动力。会议将于2017年2月在学院公园举行，MD和将汇集大约100名领导人在物理界。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募和留住学生的方法。此外，国家安全机构和美国经济对国内博士学位的需求将得到解决，因为参与者将了解与研究生入学相关的新研究，以及这如何帮助他们吸引和接纳更广泛的美国公民。参与者还将学习如何调整他们的课程，以使学生的准备与私营部门，国家实验室和学术界目前寻求的雇主的技能保持一致。为了使物理专业的学生对雇主更具吸引力，参与者将学习如何确定这些雇主正在寻求什么技能，以及如何相应地调整他们的课程。会议期间分享的知识，包括最佳做法和建议，将在一份会议报告中发表，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.