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The Individual Development Plan (IDP) concept is commonly used in industry to help employees define and pursue their career goals. 

myIDP provides:

If you’re considering graduate school, there is a lot you can do to ensure your success... and it’s never too early to start. Most important is completing a rigorous undergraduate curriculum, such as one that meets the requirements of an ACS-certified degree. Since chemistry research is becoming increasingly interdisciplinary, taking electives in other scientific areas of interest can be good preparation for interdisciplinary graduate work.

Research has shown that students struggle with mental health issues such as anxiety and depression at higher rates than the general population. While some stress and uncertainty is unavoidable in training, research mentors can have a direct impact on the well-being of members of their research group.

This workshop presents data and research about the role of typical admissions criteria and practices in maintaining racial/ethnic inequalities in graduate education. Suitable for a wide variety of audiences, practical strategies for rethinking typical admissions criteria and processes are introduced, with a focus on equity-based holistic review and embedding attention to equity throughout the admissions and recruitment process. All aspects of this session are rooted in current research.

Our IGEN Project Quarterly Report highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.

Featured in this issue:

• The Vision and Goals of NSF Includes: IGEN
• Building the IGEN Community (Goal 4)
• Catalyzing the Adoption of Inclusive Practices (Goal 2)
• Conducting Research and Propagating Results (Goal 3)
• Increasing Participation of UREM Students (Goal 1)
• IGEN Project Summary

Our IGEN Project Quarterly Report highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.

Featured in this issue:

• Building the IGEN Community (Goal 4)
• Catalyzing the Adoption of Inclusive Practices (Goal 2)
• Conducting Research and Propagating Results (Goal 3)
• Increasing Participation of UREM Students (Goal 1)
• IGEN Project Summary
• Avenues for Collaboration between IGEN and Aspire

Our IGEN Project Quarterly Report highlights the work being done by our alliance members and partners.  

Featured in this issue:

• Building the IGEN Community (Goal 4)
• Catalyzing the Adoption of Inclusive Practices (Goal 2)
• Conducting Research and Propagating Results (Goal 3)
• Increasing Participation of UREM Students (Goal 1)
• IGEN Project Summary

The Pullias Center’s Julie Posselt serves as a member of The National Academies of Science "Panel on the State of the Profession and Societal Impacts" in Astronomy and Astrophysics that generate a comprehensive strategy and vision for the next decade of science in astronomy and astrophysics. 

What are the hidden rules and practices that affect who gets respect and opportunities in higher education? How can we reconstruct these rules to encourage equity in the system? A new chapter in the Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research book series by Julie Posselt and a team at the Pullias Center takes a hard look at these fundamental questions and suggests how evaluation and decision making can be leveraged for equity.

The Pullias Center’s Julie Posselt, Steve Desir, and Román Liera are leading an effort to shine a light on this typically unrecognized source of bias that has the power to shape the careers of graduates and other applicants looking to enter or advance in the workforce. Letters of recommendation are used in admissions and hiring to glean information and qualities which may go unnoticed in the review of an applicant’s file. However, they are also one of the most common places that bias is written into applicant records– sometimes in subtle ways.