Page under construction. [Last updated: Fall 2020.]
| Recommendation | Progress made | |
| 1 | Survey and town hall to understand current undergraduate perspectives on advising | |
| 2 | Development of written advising guidelines and clear, enforceable policies | |
| 3 | Faculty advising training with a focus on helping students from URM and diverse backgrounds | |
| 4 | Compensation for outstanding mentors of URM students (faculty and TAs) | |
| 5 | Trainings for all TAs (graduate and undergraduate) based on Spring 2020 8.02 mentorship training | |
| 6 | Faculty training to improve classroom interactions with students (especially URM students) | |
| 7 | Proactive check-ins by faculty or advisors for students struggling in class | |
| 8 | Regular surveys to gather data on URM student retention rate | |
| 9 | Partnership with OME to reach URM students (particularly underclassmen) at MIT | |
| 10 | Career events that emphasize physics careers beyond academia | In Summer 2020, the Physics Department appointed a faculty liaison to CAPD, and SPS and PGSC appointed 2 students each to a non-academic careers task force |
| 11 | Department-organized meetups for URM, LGBTQ+, and FGLI students | |
| 12 | Event for URM students during graduate open house | |
| 13 | Centralized and regularly updated database of UROPs | |
| 14 | Event series to help students navigate grad school applications and academia | |
| 15 | Regular anonymized evaluations of academic advisors | |
| 16 | Expansion of mentorship structures outside academic advising | |
| 17 | Creating a more open and welcoming classroom environment | |
| 18 | Normalizing asking for help, academic and otherwise | |
| 19 | Outreach efforts in the Boston area for high school students | |
| 20 | Exploratory seminar classes for underclassmen | |
| 21 | Increased diversity among 8.01 and 8.02 TAs | |
| 22 | Outreach initiative to HBCUs, PBIs, and HSIs | |
| 23 | Accountable and transparent hiring commitments | |
| 24 | Internal structure to ensure that UROPs are valuable experiences for students | |
| 25 | Structured summer programs to boost URM involvement in research |