Public Education and Outreach

TL;DR

This paper emphasizes the importance of integrating education and outreach into high energy physics institutions' priorities, advocating for recognition in hiring and promotion to enhance public engagement and scientific literacy.

Contribution

It provides recommendations for institutionalizing education and outreach efforts within high energy physics organizations, highlighting their value and need for formal recognition.

Findings

Outlines key recommendations for institutional engagement

Advocates for recognition of outreach in career advancement

Highlights the role of outreach in scientific community

Abstract

This article summarizes recommendations made by the Community Engagement Frontier conveners as part of the 2022 Snowmass process. It suggests that institutions involved in high energy physics (e.g., universities, national laboratories, funding agencies, etc.) add education and outreach as a valuable effort and one that should be considered in hiring and promotion decisions.