2013 Graduate Education Conference Report

Directors of graduate studies and department chairs from 74 physics departments convened at the American Center for Physics from January 31 to February 2, 2013, for the second conference on graduate education in physics. They were joined by representatives of industry, national laboratories, and professional societies, including a European representative, and 11 graduate student leaders. The meeting, which followed up the 2008 graduate education conference, was organized by APS and the American Association of Physics Teachers, with partial National Science Foundation funding. Attendees shared best practices and discussed how to spur innovation and creativity to improve graduate education in physics and address challenges and opportunities facing the discipline.