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Britton, Willoughby B.; Brown, Anne-Catharine; Kaplan, Christopher T.; Goldman, Roberta E.; DeLuca, Marie; Rojiani, Rahil; Reis, Harry; Xi, Mandy; Chou, Jonathan C.; McKenna, Faye; Hitchcock, Peter; Rocha, Tomas A.; Himmelfarb, Josh; Margolis, David M.; Niles, Halsey F.; Eckert, Allison M.; Frank, Tana – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2013
Contemplative practices, which engage the subjective or "first-person" perspective, are being incorporated into systems of higher education that have traditionally relied on didactic or "third-person" approaches (Dederer 2007; Kroll 2010; Repetti 2010; Roth 2006; Shapiro, Brown, and Astin 2011; Smith 2006; Zajonc 2006). The…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Metacognition
Carnevale, Anthony P.; Smith, Nicole; Melton, Michelle – Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, 2011
The science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) state-level analysis provides policymakers, educators, state government officials, and others with details on the projections of STEM jobs through 2018. This report delivers a state-by-state snapshot of the demand for STEM jobs, including: (1) The number of forecast net new and…
Descriptors: Demand Occupations, Technical Occupations, Mathematics, Professional Occupations
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Machina, Kenton; Gokhale, Anu – International Journal of Science Education, 2010
This study investigated attitude changes of 18-year-old first-year college students at a large state-operated institution in the USA during their initial semester in college. Attitudes of 375 students enrolled in a non-science first-year student seminar during the Fall of 2004 were measured, using a new instrument designed to focus on five…
Descriptors: Seminars, Student Attitudes, Females, Natural Sciences
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Onoprienko, Valentin Ivanovich – Russian Education and Society, 2008
The focus of the study in the present article is the cadre situation in scientific organizations in the post-Soviet space. The older generation in academic institutes is increasingly predominant owing to the natural aging of scientific personnel along with a slower influx of young people. At the same time, older scientists serve in the role of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Scientific Personnel, Articulation (Education), Experience
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Prielipp, Robert W. – Math Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: History, Mathematicians, Mathematics Education, Scientific Personnel
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Moore, Francis D. – Science, 1972
Predicts that current National Institutes of Health research training programs for surgeons will need to be boubled if an adequate supply of scientifically trained research surgeons is to be maintained. (AL)
Descriptors: Educational Programs, Labor Needs, Medicine, Scientific Personnel
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1975
Descriptors: Chemistry, Employment Level, Employment Statistics, Scientific Personnel
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Physics Today, 1974
Summarized is the annual report of the American Institute of Physics for 1973. Publications and programs of the association are summarized and discussed. (RH)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Education, Professional Associations, Publications
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Read, Cecil B. – Math Teacher, 1969
Descriptors: History, Mathematical Enrichment, Mathematicians, Mathematics Education
Mills, Thomas J. – 1967
Information concerning 243,000 scientists is reported in the 1966 National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel. Data are presented on education, specialization, type of employer, salary, age, sex, and other factors selected to meet the needs of most users of data on scientific personnel. Discussed are characteristics of scientists and…
Descriptors: Education, Employers, Personnel Data, Salaries
Alden, John D,; And Others – 1969
This survey is the eighth in a series designed to give basic salary information on engineering graduates in the United States working in industry, government, and education. Its purpose is to report the present level of engineering salaries and, in addition, to indicate their trend over the past 15 years. Data were collected by questionnaire from…
Descriptors: Engineers, Income, National Surveys, Occupational Surveys
Alden, John D.; And Others – 1969
This survey is the eighth in a series designed to give basic salary information on engineering graduates in the United States. Its purpose is to show the present level of engineering salaries and, in addition, to indicate their trend over the past 15 years. Data were collected by questionnaire from 979 organizations, representing 191,042…
Descriptors: Engineers, Income, National Surveys, Occupational Surveys
Mecca, Christyna E. – 1970
Listed in this directory are individuals concerned currently with marine activities on the coasts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, and the adjacent offshore area, known administratively as the Coastal Plains Region. The categories for the listings include educational institutions, state and county agencies, and federal agencies. The…
Descriptors: Directories, Earth Science, Environment, Oceanography
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Chemical and Engineering News, 1972
Several intriguing differences exist between the chemical profession and other scientific professions according to a National Science Foundation manpower review. These differences include more chemists working in industry and in R and D and fewer obtaining PhD's. Chemists also are less likely to receive government financial support for their work.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Labor Utilization, Professional Occupations, Scientific Personnel
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BioScience, 1975
Descriptors: Engineers, Labor Utilization, Prediction, Science Education
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