Creating Learning Environments for Advancing Researchers (CLEAR)

Through a National Science Foundation award, Creating Learning Environments for Advancing Researchers (CLEAR), CGS will test strategies for helping all students succeed in doctoral programs.

Research at the University of California, Berkeley, has shown a strong correlation between student success and program environments where expectations and rules are clear and consistently applied. Working with a network of 10 universities and 60 doctoral programs, CGS will collect the data needed to examine whether this finding holds across a broader range of institutions and program types. Based on a CGS proposal to the NSF titled Scaling a Systems Approach to Inclusive Graduate Research Environments, the research and interventions tested in this project have the potential to improve the educational and career outcomes for all graduate students by creating greater transparency about the steps needed to successfully complete the PhD and transition to a STEM career.