Appendix B.
Workshop Program

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8:30 to 9:00	Breakfast and Registration
9:00 to 9:30	Welcome and Introductions Jeanne Griffith (Director, Division of Science Resources Studies, NSF) Bennett Bertenthal (Assistant Director, Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, NSF)
9:30 to 10:00	Keynote Address, Is Attrition Important, and Why? Claudia Mitchell-Kernan (UCLA)
10:00 to 10:30	Attrition: What Can We Measure? What Should We Measure? Charlotte Kuh (Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel/ National Research Council)
10:30 to 10:45	Break
10:45 to 12:30	Uses and Limitations of Different Kinds of Databases Moderator: Alan Tupek, Deputy Division Director, Division of Science Resources Studies Vincent Tinto (Syracuse University), Contextualizing the Study of Graduate Persistence Charlotte Kuh (Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel/ National Research Council), Administrative Databases Gita Wilder (Educational Testing Service), A Longitudinal Survey Mark Regets (Division of Science Resources Studies, NSF), Using the National Surveys of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG) & College Graduates (NSCG) to Study Graduate Student Attrition Carolyn Shettle (Division of Science Resources Studies, NSF), Using the Surveys of Earned Doctorates (SED) and Doctoral Recipients (SDR) to Study Graduate Student Attrition
12:30 to 1:15	Lunch
1:15 to 2:30	Qualitative Approaches to Studying Graduate Student Attrition Moderator: Carla Howery, American Sociological Association Toni Clewell (Urban Institute), Current NSF Project on Graduate Attrition Barbara Lovitts (University of Maryland), Contextual Factors in Graduate Student Attrition Willie Pearson, Jr. (Wake Forest University), Research on Graduate Student Attrition
2:30 to 2:45	Break
2:45 to 4:00	Professional Society Interest and Data Collection Moderator: Catherine Gaddy, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology Michael Neuschatz (American Institute of Physics), Graduate Attrition in Physics: Some Rough Thoughts and Estimates Rocco Russo (Educational Testing Service), Research Topics addressed by the AAU/AGS Project for Research on Doctoral Education Peter Syverson (Council of Graduate Schools), Graduate School-Based Studies of Attrition/Retention
4:00 to 5:00	Future Directions (Group Discussion) Moderator: Jeanne Griffith, Director, Division of Science Resources Studies, NSF

 

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Go to: Suggested Citation, Acknowledgment, Workshop Disclaimer The Concern The Rationale for Attrition Research Conceptual Issues Definitional Issues Timing of Attrition Institutional Factors Current Research and Databases Future Directions for Research Data Improvements Underway Changing the Graduate Experience Stakeholder Uses of Attrition Research Caveats About Use of Attrition Data Appendix A. Workshop Speakers, Moderators, Participants, and Planners Appendix B. Workshop Program