The Opening Doors Summit: Doctoral Education to First Job Steering Committee was established in 2014 by APA President Nadine Kaslow, PhD.
The goals of the steering committee include:
- Securing relevant data in preparation for the meeting.
- Understanding the barriers or limitations that prevent or slow students from moving through the doctoral pipeline to entering the profession.
- Thinking “outside the box” to formulate creative solutions to address the key transitions in this segment of the pipeline.
- Crafting recommendations for gathering additional relevant data (e.g., workforce analysis) that can guide efforts to improve transitions through this segment of the pipeline.
- Developing resources for addressing transition barriers and challenges.