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Download full textMulvey, Patrick J.; And Others – AIP Report, 1997
This report presents the results of a 1995-96 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctorate, masters, and bachelors degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. It found that a decade-long increase in physics doctorate production appeared to be leveling off, with the 1995 degree…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Departments, Doctoral Degrees
Peer reviewedWestoff, Leslie Aldridge – Focus, 1980
In this issue on admissions in colleges and universities, the history of the admissions process and trends are outlined, and the current situation of declining enrollments reviewed. The place of testing is discussed briefly, and other factors in selection listed: student background (educational, extracurricular, and ethnic), and student…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Business Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr; Dodge, Elizabeth – AIP Report, 1997
This report presents the results of a survey of senior-level physics majors at U.S. colleges and universities who received a Bachelor's degree between September 1995 and August 1996. Completed questionnaires were received from 1,956 students. It was found that the number of undergraduates receiving Bachelor's degrees in physics continued to…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bachelors Degrees, Career Planning, College Seniors
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – AIP Report, 1999
This report presents the results of a fall 1997 survey of U.S. colleges and universities that offer doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. Highlighted are the following: (1) although enrollments in physics degree programs have been declining, the number of…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Dodge, Elizabeth – AIP Report, 1996
This report presents the results of a 1994-95 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctorate, masters, and bachelors degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. It found that over the last 3 years, first-year graduate physics enrollments have declined 22 percent at doctorate-granting…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – AIP Report, 1998
This report presents the results of a 1995-96 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. The survey found that first-year graduate student enrollments for 1996-97 declined by 2.5 percent from the previous year.…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, Black Students
