Print & Online Products to be Produced by

AAAS AGEP REC Grantand

Other Follow up Activities

PhD Info Brief already produced

For JAM (June 2009)

***New Enrollees & Overall Enrollees Briefs

***Info Brief that highlights Top PhD Producers for 2007/08

By December 2009

Graduate Education Evaluation Guidebook

Launch of Guidebook at AAAS 2010 Annual Meeting In San Diego, Feb 18 – 22, 2010

By March 2010

Info Briefs on 2008/09, including data and highlights of Top Producers for 2008/09

Proposed Content for Guidebook --Examining Progression to the STEM PhD and the Professorate:

A Tool for Use in STEM Graduate Programs(Lessons Learned from AGEP)

Conceptual Framework ***Collecting, using, and reporting disaggregated data

***Breaking psychological barriers to understanding and using program impact evaluation (fear of the pyramid)

***Retention as cross-cutting theme from pursuit of graduate school to completion of PhD to the Professoriate

***Short papers from graduate education researchers & AGEP leaders (10 pages or less with online link to supplementary materials)

Section 1– General framework for Evaluating Graduate Education Programs

***Evaluation Realities (With Jack; Not directly focused on AGEP but Graduate School Specific, Catherine Millett)

***10 Easy Steps to Examining Progression to the STEM PhD (YSG and Pat) (Probably a Summary of the Entire Guidebook)

***Conceptual Framework for Examining Progression to the STEM PhD (Already started by YSG and Pat & on AAAS AGEP web site)

Charts***Suggested Questions for Evaluating STEM Graduate Programs at the University Level

***Indicators for Evaluating STEM Graduate Programs at the University Level

Section 2- Perspectives from Researchers in Graduate Education

***Departmental Data Collection and Use, Chris Golde, Stanford

***Case Study Research in Graduate Education and Cultural Relevance, Cynthia Winston and Kimberly Freeman

***Wendy Stock (Matriculation Studies, Attrition, Time to Degree)

***Longitudinal Studies – From Leadership Alliance Summer Experience to Graduate School, Valerie Petit Wilson

***IGERT, Jennifer Giancola Carney, ABT

***CGS PhD Completion Project

Section 3 --- Evaluation methods examples from the AGEP Alliances (Short Papers with emphasis on evaluation & supplementary material on line)

***Doctoral Completion & Attrition Methods, Angela James, UCLA ***Florida AGEP, Anne Donnelly & Team, Using comparison groups***Puerto Rico***Michigan***Colorado, Mark Hernandez & Team***Georgia Tech***UC (Collette Patt & Team)***Rice-Houston***Howard***Arizona***Utah***Others

Section 4 – Tools for Graduate Education Program Evaluation

***Developing a Cost Effective Graduate Student Data Collection Infrastructure (UCLA AGEP; U of Michigan AGEP, Georgia Tech)

*** Using Electronic Graduate Student Databases (UCLA AGEP, MS AGEP, other AGEPs, Early Warning Systems)

***Predictive models related to increasing campus production of URM PhDs

***Using National Databases for Comparisons at the University Level, Joan Burrelli, NSF & Lisa Frehill, CPST

***Collecting and Displaying Data

*** IRB, Human Subjects. Small Cell Size, Privacy and Confidentiality

***Council on Graduate Education PhD Completion Project

Section 5 – Evaluation Methods for Examining Progression & Retention in the Professoriate

***Evaluating the Postdoctoral Experience, Orlando Taylor & Others

Lessons from NSF ADVANCE***Evaluation of Faculty Hiring and Practices and Processes to Broaden Participation, (Lesson from NSF ADVANCE)

***Evaluation of Faculty Retention Practices and Processes to Broaden Participation

Suzanne Brainard, UW; Sue Rosser; & Michigan

Section 6 -- New Directions for Evaluation of Graduate Education Programs

***Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of your Graduate Education Support Program

***Policy evaluations that highlight economic impact to state and nation

Online Supplementary Resources

Building Evaluation Capacityhttp://www.urban.org/publications/411651.html

Links to AAAS Data Templates

Links to CGS Data Templates

http://nsfagep.org

http://agep.us/

Other Activities

Story on AAAS Home Page about 2007/08 AGEP PhD increases

Possible AAAS Congressional Briefing on URMs and Graduate Education

Proposed 2010 AAAS Annual Meeting Symposium or Workshop – San Diego, Feb 18 – 22, 2010

Other AAAS Event Mentioned

Web site for Budget Analysis

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/

http://www.aaas.org/spp/rd/forum.htm

AAAS/NSF HBCU-UP National Student Research Conference in DC, October 28 – 31, 2009 – 10th Anniversary

Short Online Evaluation for this Meeting will be sent by next Friday, March 27, 2009

Thanks for your participation!!!