Please note: this event takes place on a different day of the week, Thursday not Wednesday (but at the usual time).

Title: Understanding Retention in Physics through Self-Efficacy & Identity
Abstract: How do we make college STEM a place where students thrive? More than half of intended STEM majors switch out of STEM or leave college entirely , with first generation college students, underrepresented minorities, and female students most affected. Physics, as a discipline, represents a severe case of this larger national problem with only 21% of bachelor’s degrees going to women, and only 8.3% being awarded to students from traditionally underrepresented groups. In this Work in Progress talk I will briefly outline the literature from K-12 work on persistence and retention that we are building upon, share some pilot data that forms the basis for our work on retention at the undergraduate level, and outline our plan for future work.