Phase 1 of the PDP resulted in a comprehensive statement of postdoc data needs. The postdoc community asked for more complete coverage and content of postdoc data.
Coverage
Data-users asked for information about postdocs who are not captured by current data:
Foreign-degreed postdocs
- Number of foreign-degreed postdocs in the US
- Types of institutions that employ them
- Factors that affected their decision to train in the US
- Plans to stay or leave the US
- Experiences and challenges unique to this population
Postdocs with PhD-equivalent degrees
- Number of PhD-equivalent postdocs in the US
- Types of institutions that employ them
- Experiences and challenges unique to this population
Non-academic postdocs
- The number of postdocs working in non-academic settings
- The type of training provided in these settings
Content
The postdoc community requested that future surveys collect more information from postdocs, such as:
- Determinates of a successful postdoc appointment
- Mentoring experiences
- Population statistics
- Perspectives of postdoc employers
- Career-transition and career-pipeline issues
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