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PDF pending restorationGeneral Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1986
This fact sheet provides information on whether foreign students who earn doctoral degrees in the United States in scientific or engineering fields remain in the United States after receiving their doctorates. The information was obtained from a 1985 National Science Foundation report (NSF 86-305) titled "Foreign Citizens in U.S. Science and…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Engineering, Engineering Education, Foreign Students
Peer reviewedBoercker, Fred D.; And Others – Science, 1970
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Employment Statistics, Engineering, Graduate Surveys
Peer reviewedCoggeshall, Porter E.; And Others – Science, 1978
Examines the postdoctoral buildup between 1973 and 1977 and its implications for the Ph.D. candidate planning a career in a biomedical field. The effect of the continued growth in postdoctorals on biomedical research, research training and employment opportunities is also investigated. (HM)
Descriptors: Careers, Doctoral Degrees, Employment, Graduate Medical Students
Direct linkOlian, Judy D.; LeClair, Daniel R.; Milano, Bernard J. – Presidency, 2004
Unlike most other fields, business school Ph.D. production has declined in the last decade. Data from the National Science Foundation (NSF) reveal that business and management doctorate production decreased by 6.9 percent between the first and second half of the 1990s. Over the same period, humanities (18.9 percent increase) and life sciences…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Supply and Demand, Business Administration Education
PDF pending restorationHuckenpohler, J. G. – 1995
This document contains tables of data derived from the National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health (NSF/NIH) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (graduate student survey), Fall 1993. Unless otherwise specified, the published data represents estimates of total enrollment in Science and Engineering…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Engineering, Enrollment, Ethnicity
Download full textBroyles, Susan G.; And Others – 1981
Information is presented on foreign graduate students, foreign science and engineering (S/E) students in master's-granting institutions. The impact of these foreign graduates in the U.S. labor force is also assessed. The data were obtained from the National Science Foundation-conducted graduate science students and postdoctorates survey of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns, Engineering
Science Resources Studies Highlights, 1982
Results of the 1981 Survey of Earned Doctorates, which is conducted by five federal agencies, are summarized. About 95 percent of the annual cohort of recipients of the Ph.D. and similar doctorates respond to the survey questionnaire. The database also includes some information on nonrespondents obtained from public sources; recipients of…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Opportunities
