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Direct linkSchuster, Sheldon M. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2011
The PhD graduate from a US research academic institution who has worked 5-7 years to solve a combination of laboratory and computational problems after an in-depth classroom experience is likely superbly trained in at least a subset of the life sciences and the underlying methodology and thought processes required to perform high level research.…
Descriptors: Postdoctoral Education, Verbal Communication, Industry, Biological Sciences
Peer reviewedRadetsky, Peter – Science, 1994
Describes how some young scientists avoided getting stuck on the postdoc treadmill, what is expected of many postdocs, and what post-postdocs are doing with their lives. (ZWH)
Descriptors: Higher Education, Labor Market, Postdoctoral Education, Science Education
Download full textNational Science Foundation, Arlington, VA. Div. of Science Resources Statistics. – 2002
This document presents data from the fall 2000 National Science Foundation/National Institutes of Health (NSF/NIH) Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering. The data represents the estimated total enrollment in science and engineering (S&E) among 11,832 graduate departments of 596 institutions in the United States.…
Descriptors: Engineering, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Postdoctoral Education
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 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
Promise and Limits of Mentoring in Academic Science: A Look at Research on Impact and Effectiveness.
Grant, Linda; Ward, Kathryn – AWIS Magazine, 2000
Considers the importance of mentoring in physical, chemical, and social sciences research. Discusses the mentoring program of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) which focuses on helping women and minority scientists. Describes mentoring as "typically an asymmetrical power relation but it is not entirely unidimensional in flow of sources."…
Descriptors: Career Development, Doctoral Programs, Females, Higher Education
1985
The data presented in this summary (released in advance of their publication) are derived from four surveys of academic science and engineering (S/E) activities conducted anually by the National Science Foundation's Division of Science Resources Studies, Universities, and Nonprofit Institutions Studies Groups: (1) Survey of Scientific and…
Descriptors: Colleges, Engineering, Engineering Education, Engineers
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
Broyles, 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
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1984
The 11th Annual Survey of Graduate Science and Engineering Students and Postdoctorates requested data from all institutions of higher education in the United States in which there was at least one science or engineering program leading to a master's or doctoral degree, including medical schools and other components granting first-professional…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education, Enrollment
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1985
The 12th Annual Survey of Graduate Science and Engineering Students and Postdoctorates requested data from all institutions of higher education in the United States in which there was at least one science or engineering program leading to a master's or doctoral degree, including medical schools and other components granting first-professional…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education, Enrollment
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. – 1983
The 10th annual Survey of Graduate Science and Engineering Students and Postdoctorates requested data from all institutions of higher education in the United States in which there was at least one science or engineering program leading to a master's or doctoral degree (separate forms for medical and health-related programs were included). These…
Descriptors: College Science, Engineering, Engineering Education, Enrollment
Geiger, Roger L. – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1991
Current trends affecting private research universities include: privatization, more programmatic support of research, dispersion of university research, and a shift in the balance of activities from the center toward the periphery. Differences in finance and control of private universities are related to their disproportionate importance, given…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Engineering, Federal Aid, Financial Support
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
