International Issues
These reports provide data on the international community of physicists, including foreign citizens studying in the U.S. and women in physics
across the world. A link to a database of worldwide physics societies is also included.
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Global Survey of Physicists (February 2012)
The first report based on the 15,000 responses from the Global Survey of Physicists has been published in Physics Today. The low representation of women
in physics is a well-known problem, but differences in men's and women's access to career-advancing resources and opportunities comprise another challenge
for the physics community. For the first time, a multinational study was conducted with 15,000 respondents from 130 countries, showing that problems for
women in physics transcend national borders. Across all countries, women have fewer resources and opportunities and are more affected by cultural
expectations concerning child care.
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Women Physicists Speak Again
More than 1350 women physicists from more than 70 countries answered a survey conducted in connection with the Second IUPAP International
Conference of Women in Physics. The report covers women physicists’ experiences in education and careers. Comparisons are made between
women from developed and developing countries.
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Physics Students From Abroad: Monitoring the Continuing Impact of Visa Problems
This 12 page report documents the impact of visa regulations on international students in US physics graduate programs during the Fall of 2004.
It quantifies the number of first-year international students who enrolled and the proportion who were denied entrance or substantially delayed
due to visa difficulties. The report describes changes in visa denial rates and international student enrollment patterns compared to two years
earlier. It also discusses the visa problems experienced by non-US citizen faculty, postdocs and previously enrolled students when they tried
to return from travel abroad.
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International Students in Geoscience Graduate Programs
This report contains the findings from a nationwide survey of Phd-granting and MS-granting departments in the geosciences. The report provides
data on the representation of international students in the geosciences over time as well as the impact of new visa regulations on recent
enrollment of graduate students from other countries.
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Physics Students From Abroad in the Post-9/11 Era
A report on a recent survey of graduate physics departments nationwide. A look at the impact of new visa regulations in the post-9/11 era on
students from other countries.
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Women Physicists Speak: The 2001 International Study of Women in Physics
This report contains findings from an international survey of over 1,000 women physicists from 55 countries. The study was conducted as part
of a larger effort carried out by the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) and was supported by grants from NSF and DOE
to the American Physical Society.
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