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First Year Physics Graduate Students: Characteristics and Background

AUG 01, 2012
Data from the 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 Graduate Student Surveys
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Patrick Mulvey
Research Manager ,  AIP
Starr Nicholson
Characteristics and Background

This report presents the educational background and characteristics of first-year graduate students at U.S. physics departments. This findings in this report come from the AIP 2008 and 2010 surveys of First-Year Graduate Students.

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