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National Science Foundation, 2007
Institutions of higher education, the major source of the nation's scientists and engineers, perform about one-half of the nation's basic research. Therefore, the level, distribution, and characteristics of federal academic support are of much interest to officials at federal, state, and local levels and in nongovernmental sectors. The data…
Descriptors: Colleges, Higher Education, Research and Development, Engineering
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National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies. – 1979
Presented are the results of a survey of over 100,000 manufacturing establishments, conducted for the National Science Foundation by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, covering average annual employment for calendar year 1977. Industries whose relative concentration of scientists and engineers was high in 1977, such as petroleum refining, chemicals,…
Descriptors: Data, Economic Status, Economics, Employment Patterns
Maxfield, Betty D.; Spisak, Andrew W. – 1979
This report looks at the characteristics of science and engineering (S/E) Ph.D.'s employed in business and industry. Data are presented from the 1973 and 1977 Surveys of Doctorate Recipients on demographic characteristics, academic background, the type of job held within business and industry, and the primary work actually performed. Contrasts…
Descriptors: Business, Data, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Patterns