Survey of the physics landscape and attempts to improve diversity

Abstract

Students from statistically underrepresented minority (URM) groups and women earn a smaller fraction of undergraduate and graduate degrees in most physical sciences, particularly physics. This underrepresentation is also prevalent at the faculty level and in higher administration roles at most physics departments, universities, and national laboratories. This proceedings summarizes a presentation that presented statistics on participation in physical sciences, and discussed the outcomes of initiatives such as Bridge Programs which aim to improve diversity in physics graduate programs.