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Abstract
This article tells the story of the founding of the Compass Project at UC Berkeley
and describes its impacts. The Compass Project is a self-formed group of graduate
and undergraduate students in the physical sciences. Its goals are to improve undergraduate
physics education, provide our members with opportunities for professional development,
and increase retention of students, especially those from populations typically underrepresented
in the physical sciences. Compass fosters a diverse, collaborative student community
by providing a wide range of services, including a summer program, fall and spring
semester courses, mentoring, a research lecture series, and other academic and social
support.
Comments Appears in Points of View on Physics Today online
(http://www.physicstoday.org/daily_edition/points_of_view/the_compass_project_charting_a_new_course_in_physics_education);
v2 Corrected typos in concluding section; v3 Updated to match published
version