Tag Archive: Data Buddies Project
By Kari George, Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Persistent equity gaps in computing doctoral degree attainment motivated a new study that examined what influences students’ consideration of departure. As an important precursor to their decisions to stay or leave their programs, understanding what shapes students’ thoughts of leaving is critical to supporting […]
By Dr. Kari George, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and Dr. Kaitlin Newhouse, North Carolina State University Motivated by persistent equity gaps in computing degree attainment, a recently published article from Drs. Kari George and Kaitlin Newhouse contributes new evidence to understand factors that may contribute to doctoral attrition or persistence. Most notably, this study elucidates […]
By The Data Buddies Team We invite your department to join the Data Buddies Project, an NSF-supported survey that collects data on the experiences of students and professionals in computing. By partnering with CERP, you’ll join over 160 academic departments gaining valuable insights and exclusive data access. Benefits include: Customized Department Report: Compare your students’ […]
By Brendan Kane, Research Associate, CERP The Data Buddies Project is a long-standing initiative of CRA’s Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP). The project began in 2010 with just 10 institutions participating (Wright, 2021). Since then, the number of institutions participating has increased to 147 in the 2023 Data Buddies Survey (DBS) cycle. The […]
By CERP Staff CRA and CERP are happy to announce that the 2023 Data Buddies Annual Report and Public Dataset have been published and are now available as an updated resource for the computing community! To access the annual report, click on the following link. If you would like to receive one of the 2023 […]
By CERP Staff CRA and CERP wish to thank the institutions and departments that distributed the 2023 annual Data Buddies Survey! A total of 149 institutions worked with CERP for the 2023 survey year, with 46 departments receiving “elite” status by obtaining a response rate of 20% or more. The collective efforts of Data Buddies […]
By Evelyn Yarzebinski, Manager, CERP Students who are enrolled in Bachelor’s degree granting programs are faced with the decision of whether to continue on to graduate school after they have earned their Bachelor’s degree. There are many facets to this decision, such as whether their future career will include a focus on research, as graduate-level […]
By Evelyn Yarzebinski, Manager, CERP The Data Buddies Project is a long-standing project of Center for Evaluating the Research Pipeline (CERP). This project focuses on the experiences of those in the computing community, such as understanding student retention and attrition, as well as factors that may support successful graduate school or other professional experiences. CERP […]
A third of doctoral students who responded to the Data Buddies Survey (DBS) reported that they find it somewhat or very difficult to cover their basic expenses with their stipends.
In this infographic, we compared students’ involvement in teaching and mentoring activities by their reported gender identity. Results indicate statistical differences between groups at the p ≤ .05 level.
CERP presents results on what aspects of a career undergraduate students and graduate students consider most important.
