Undergraduate and Graduate Students Report on Career Values
CERP presents results on what aspects of a career undergraduate students and graduate students consider most important.
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Tag Archive: Graduate Students
Articles of interest to graduate students.
Doctoral Students Are More Satisfied with Their Advisor Relationships than Terminal Master’s Students Are
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.
How do Current Students Pay for Their Degree Programs?
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.
Who do Men and Women Graduate Students Consider to be Their Mentors? An Analysis Revisited.
Where do graduate students find mentors? CERP revisited a prior analysis with updated data from the 2020 Data Buddies Survey and discovered the most common sources for mentors. Additionally, CERP uncovered some significant differences between where men and women graduate students find mentors.
Although Most Computer Science Doctoral Students Earned Their Undergraduate Degree in a Computing Field, One Quarter Earned Their Degree in Another Field
CERP examined the undergraduate degree earned by students seeking a doctoral degree in computer science. Results indicate 41% of computer science doctoral students earned their undergraduate degree in computer science, followed by 26% earning their undergraduate degree in a computing-related engineering field.
Since 2013, Data Buddies Survey Has Collected 93,000 Responses from Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Computing
From 2013 to 2020, CERP has collected approximately 93,000 total responses between both undergraduates and graduates, and 41,000 (44%) of these respondents are part of CERP’s longitudinal cohorts. Join Data Buddies this year by November 1, 2021.
Expanding the Pipeline: Celebrating 10 years of the CRA Data Buddies Project
The Data Buddies Project has been running strong since 2010. This article dives into some of the history of the Data Buddies Project and CERP while also highlighting the project over the years. The article concludes with a look into how the project operates today.
Students With Disabilities Report Differing Feelings of Belonging in Computing than Their Peers
CERP analyzed the results of the 2019 Data Buddies Survey and discovered disparities in experiences of students with disabilities at the undergraduate, terminal master’s, and doctoral levels.
Undergraduate and Graduate Students Indicate the Computing Fields in Which They Intend to Earn Their Highest Degree
CERP analyzed the results of the 2019 Data Buddies Survey and discovered the top 10 words used to describe the computing field in which they are interested in earning their highest degree.
Data Buddies Survey Collected 75,000 Responses Over the Past Seven Years
Data Buddies 2019 came to a close at the beginning of February 2020, concluding the seventh year of data collection. Since its launch in 2013, the survey collected approximately 75,000 total responses, and 32,000 of these respondents are part of CERP’s longitudinal cohorts.
Who Do Men and Women Graduate Students Consider to Be Their Mentors?
Where do graduate students find mentors? CERP analyzed results of the 2018 Data Buddies Survey and discovered the most common sources for mentors. Additionally, CERP uncovered some significant differences between where men and women graduate students find mentors.
