Through a National Science Foundation award, Scaling a Systems Approach to Inclusive Graduate Research Environments, CGS will test strategies for helping all students, and in particular, students underrepresented in graduate education, to succeed in doctoral programs.
Research at the University of California, Berkeley, has shown a strong correlation between student success and program environments where expectations and rules are clear and consistently applied. Working with a network of 10 universities and 60 doctoral programs, CGS will collect the data needed to examine whether this finding holds across a broader range of institutions and program types. The research and interventions tested in this project have the potential to improve the educational and career outcomes for all graduate students by creating greater transparency about the steps needed to successfully complete the PhD and transition to a STEM career.
A call-for-proposals to CGS member institutions will be distributed in April 2025. The eligibility requirements (which will require institutions submitting proposals to have specific STEM doctoral programs of sufficient size) will be explained in the RFP.
Advisory Committee Members:
- Sarah Ades, Dean of the Graduate School and Senior Vice Provost for Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, University of Texas at Austin
- Joshua Barker, Dean, School of Graduate Studies and Vice Provost, Graduate Research and Education, University of Toronto
- Igor Chirikov, Senior Researcher and Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) Consortium Director, Center for Studies in Higher Education, University of California at Berkeley
- Andrew Eppig, Director of Data Equity, University of California Berkeley
- Jeni Hart, Dean of Graduate School and Vice Provost of Graduate Education, University of Missouri
- Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux, Assistant Vice President, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Assessment, Chief Diversity Officer, Chief Institutional Research Officer, Cal Tech
- Maresi Nerad, Emeritus Professor and Founding Director, Center for Research on Innovation in Graduate Education, University of Washington
- Trinetia Respress, Dean, School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Tennessee State University,
- Michael Solomon, Dean and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Graduate Studies, University of Michigan
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2429880. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this project do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Mellon Foundation.