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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
Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr – AIP Report, 1998
This report analyzes data on bachelor's degree recipients in physics or astronomy in 1997. Data are from a survey of senior-level physics majors (n=1,696) and the American Institute of Physics' Enrollments and Degrees Survey, and include text, tables, and graphs. The report notes that: (1) the number of undergraduates who received bachelor's…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Bachelors Degrees, College Outcomes Assessment, College Seniors
History of Higher Education, 1993
This annual compilation examines issues in the shaping and adaptation of the modern university, in five articles. The first article, by Amy Sue Bix, is titled "'Backing into Sponsored Research': Physics and Engineering at Princeton University, 1945-1970." It reviews the process by which Princeton University (New Jersey) made a series of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Development, Educational History, Engineering
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
