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MacKenzie Lenz; Jessica Payton; Ramón Barthelemy – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2025
In 2017, the University of Utah experienced a tragedy that accelerated already proposed changes to the physics and astronomy graduate program. This article outlines the changes made to the graduate program and discusses students' experiences with the early implementation of the new policies. In-depth, open-ended interviews were conducted with…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Educational Change, Physics, Astronomy
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Barthelemy, Ramón S.; Van Dusen, Ramón S.; Henderson, Charles – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2015
Women currently outnumber men in obtaining undergraduate degrees but are underrepresented within STEM fields. However, women's representation varies by STEM field, and even further by STEM subfield. One field that has held a persistent low representation of women is physics. This paper seeks to uncover the truth behind an anecdotal claim that the…
Descriptors: Physics, STEM Education, Females, Disproportionate Representation