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Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education
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Audrey Claar, Austin Kunz, Diana Sachmpazidi, Michael Verostek, Diane Codding, Sara Woods, Bennett Goldberg, and Geraldine L. Cochran
Graduate physics education faces structural barriers limiting student access and participation. The Inclusive Graduate Programs (IGP) project supports physics departments in transforming their cultures to better serve diverse students. Our research developed departmental profile templates to gather information from program leaders, focusing on three core categories: admissions, post-entry support, and department-wide equity efforts. Admissions practices include deprioritizing GRE scores, holistic reviews, anti-bias training, fee waivers, and targeted recruitment. Post-entry support involves restructuring qualifying exams, fostering community, improving faculty-student communication, and mentoring. Equity efforts include events, inclusive gatherings, and partnerships with minority-serving institutions. Content analysis of nine programs showed only two demonstrate holistic efforts across all categories. Most invested unevenly, with post-entry support notably underdeveloped. While efforts aligned with identified needs, significant gaps remain. These findings emphasize the need for integrated, sustained equity initiatives in graduate physics education and offer a foundation for further research on institutional change in STEM fields.
Physics Education Research Conference 2025
Part of the PER Conference series Washington, DC: August 6-7, 2025 Pages 124-129
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<a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=17128">Claar, A, A. Kunz, D. Sachmpazidi, M. Verostek, D. Codding, S. Woods, B. Goldberg, and G. Cochran. "Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, August 6-7, 2025.</a>
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A. Claar, A. Kunz, D. Sachmpazidi, M. Verostek, D. Codding, S. Woods, B. Goldberg, and G. Cochran, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056).
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A. Claar, A. Kunz, D. Sachmpazidi, M. Verostek, D. Codding, S. Woods, B. Goldberg, and G. Cochran, Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, 2025, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056>.
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Claar, A., Kunz, A., Sachmpazidi, D., Verostek, M., Codding, D., Woods, S., Goldberg, B., & Cochran, G. (2025, August 6-7). Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC. Retrieved February 11, 2026, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056
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Claar, A, A. Kunz, D. Sachmpazidi, M. Verostek, D. Codding, S. Woods, B. Goldberg, and G. Cochran. "Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2025, Washington, DC, August 6-7, 2025. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056 (accessed 11 February 2026).
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Claar, Audrey, Austin Kunz, Diana Sachmpazidi, Michael Verostek, Diane Codding, Sara Woods, Bennett Goldberg, and Geraldine L. Cochran. "Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education." Physics Education Research Conference 2025. Washington, DC: 2025. 124-129 of PER Conference. 11 Feb. 2026 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056>.
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Pages = {124-129},
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Month = {August 6-7},
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%0 Conference Proceedings %A Claar, Audrey %A Kunz, Austin %A Sachmpazidi, Diana %A Verostek, Michael %A Codding, Diane %A Woods, Sara %A Goldberg, Bennett %A Cochran, Geraldine L. %D August 6-7 2025 %T Mapping structural equity with departmental profiles in physics graduate education %B Physics Education Research Conference 2025 %C Washington, DC %P 124-129 %S PER Conference %8 August 6-7 %U https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=17128&DocID=6056 Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
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