Tag Archive: Data Buddies Project
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.
Data from the CRA Data Buddies Survey (DBS) 2019, 2020, and 2021, indicates that students interacted with their classmates outside of the lectures less frequently after the COVID pandemic and the change was more drastic for students who were earlier on in their academic program.
CRA’s Data Buddies Survey 2021 data indicate that students in doctoral programs are more likely than their peers in terminal master’s programs to report being satisfied with their advisor relationships across a set of advisory domains.
As prospective students consider postsecondary degree programs, a common question that emerges is how to pay for that program. What are the more common funding sources that students ultimately use? CERP investigated how students at different degree types pay for their program, as reported in late 2021.
CRA’s Data Buddies Survey 2021 data indicate that 16% of undergraduates in computing fields have been involved in K-12 outreach during their degree program. Participation rates across different racial and ethnic groups varied. Within racial/ethnic groups, participation rates also varied as a function of gender identity.
Analysis suggests that job prospects weigh heavily on students’ decision to skip or delay graduate education. Further, while the importance of some of the reasons remain the same across students at different stages of their degree program, others vary in terms of their salience depending on how close students are to graduating.
