Impact of Physics in Two-Year Colleges

New data hint impact of TYC faculty. OPTYCs funded the most recent TYC survey that AIP has conducted since 1995, a study that monitors the availability of physics classes, physics enrollments, and physics faculty counts in TYCs. Both organizations collaborated to collect data from web searches, a departmental questionnaire, and a faculty questionnaire. AIP has conducted the TYC surveys in roughly ten-year intervals. Overall trends are mixed, but data from other AIP surveys provide context and possible resolutions to the missing detail between the two most recent surveys. The web searches also provided the most accurate list of 1126 campuses offering physics. The physics faculty at TYCs is likely influencing students to pursue bachelor’s degrees in physics. We look forward to sharing these data with you.