Graduate Physics Education is a very diverse system across the country. Each graduate school has a unique curriculum in regards to classes, candidacy exams, and dissertation defense. There exists no publicly accessible database where all of this information exists. By collecting 181 graduate school websites and handbooks, Kansas State University researchers were able to create an initial database with all of this information. However, the data was difficult to parse for individuals outside the research group. This required additional efforts to adjust the dataset to make it presentable to general audiences.

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Bill Bridges and Dr. JT Laverty for giving me the opportunity to work with them on this project. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 2244539. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

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