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Advancing STEM Undergraduate Learning: Preparing the Nation's Future Faculty
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Pfund, Christine; Mathieu, Robert; Austin, Ann; Connolly, Mark; Manske, Brian; Moore, Katie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2012
Graduate students and post-doctoral scholars at research universities will shape the future of undergraduate education in the natural and social sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (the STEM disciplines) in the United States. In 2009 alone, more than 41,000 doctorates were awarded in STEM fields, and if employment trends hold,…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Undergraduate Study, Graduate Students, Research Universities
Graduate Attribute Development and Employment Outcomes: Tracking PhD Graduates
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Manathunga, Catherine; Pitt, Rachael; Critchley, Christa – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2009
The provision of diversified research training is regarded as one of the most significant contributions made by the Australian Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) programme [Howard Partners 2003, Evaluation of the cooperative research centres programme, Department of Education, Science and Training, Canberra, ACT]. Yet, a systematic evaluation of…
Descriptors: Industry, Graduates, Research and Development Centers, Measures (Individuals)
The Disappearance of Sex Discrimination in First Job Placement of New PhDs. HERI Research Report 75-1.
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Cartter, Allan M.; Ruhter, Wayne E. – 1975
This investigation of first-time job placement of new PhD's was based on data from the National Research Council's doctorate record files and analyzed through the development of a new quality rating scheme that separates colleges and universities into 12 groups. An analysis of the percentages of new women doctorates in research, postdoctoral work,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
Nonfederal Funding of Biomedical Research and Development: A Survey of Doctoral Institutions. Higher Education Panel Reports, No. 25.
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Atelsek, Frank J.; Gomberg, Irene L. – 1975
This survey is intended as an aid in assessing the magnitude and character of the nonfederal contribution to health research, in particular the present availability of alternative nonfederal funding sources at doctoral institutions (the prime locus of the nation's biomedical research effort), and to elicit from institutional representatives their…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Biomedicine, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Finance
Research Excellence Through the Year 2000. The Importance of Maintaining a Flow of New Faculty into Academic Research. A Report with Recommendations of the Committee on Continuity in Academic Research Performance.
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Commission on Human Resources. – 1979
Recent and anticipated declines in openings for new science and engineering faculty are examined, along with recommendations for national policies to counteract this. It is suggested that the decline stems from two key sources: an absence of growth in total faculty size, and low rates of retirement among present tenured faculty. The extent of the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Opportunities, College Faculty, Doctoral Degrees
THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL IN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH, VOLUMES I AND II.
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MILLIKAN, NANCY H. – 1967
THIS STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES THAT MAY EXIST FOR RESEARCH PREPARATION IN GRADUATE INSTITUTIONS, TO EXAMINE THE INSTITUTIONAL AND TRAINING ARRANGEMENTS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO OUTPUT OF RESEARCHERS, AND TO INVESTIGATE THE POTENTIAL COMMITMENT OF RECENT DOCTORAL RECIPIENTS TO EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH. DATA FOR THE STUDY CAME FROM…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Research