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Download full textNational Science Foundation, 2012
The survey of earned doctorates, the data source for this report, is an annual census of individuals who receive research doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. academic institutions. The survey is sponsored by six federal agencies: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Agencies, Doctoral Degrees, Intellectual Disciplines
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Liberal-arts colleges dominate the list of institutions with the highest percentage of graduates who go on to earn Ph.D.'s. A study based on a comparison of the number of bachelor's degree recipients who earned Ph.D's between 1951 and 1980 is described. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees
Maxfield, Betty D.; Brown, Prudence – 1986
This report, based on the results of the fifth biennial survey of humanities doctorate recipients, describes the demographic and employment characteristics of humanities Ph.D.s who received their degrees between January 1942 and June 1984 and were residing in the United States in February 1985. The number of humanities Ph.D.s in 1985 was estimated…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, College Faculty, Data Collection, Degrees (Academic)
Fuller, Carol H. – 1985
Tabular data on Ph.D.'s earned by graduates of baccalaureate colleges and universities are presented for 50 top institutions, the 8 Ivy League universities, the "Big Ten" universities, 12 leading technical institutions, and colleges belonging to the Great Lakes Colleges Association and the Associated Colleges of the Midwest. The Ph.D's…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Doctoral Degrees, Higher Education, Humanities
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
A table showing the results of the Survey of Earned Doctorates is presented. Degrees conferred, age, sex, citizenship, planned postdoctoral study, planned postdoctoral employment, and primary postdoctoral activity are included. Doctoral degrees included arts and humanities, business and management, computer science, education, engineering, life…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Business Administration, Comparative Analysis, Computer Science
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1998
Changing job market opportunities affect the fields in which males and females choose to earn a graduate degree. This report examines disparities in field choices of the sexes. Highlighted are the following: (1) in 1994 substantially more females than males earned graduate degrees in education and the health professions; males earned a higher…
Descriptors: Business Education, Computer Science, Degrees (Academic), Doctoral Degrees
Maxfield, Betty; And Others – 1982
This report provides information on the demographic characteristics and employment status of recipients of doctoral degrees granted from June 1980 to January 1983 (who were residing in the United States in February 1981). Information was collected on 39,547 of the 63,022 individuals in the survey sample, yielding a response rate of 63 percent.…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Demography, Doctoral Degrees, Employment Level
Belliveau, J.; And Others – 1981
Doctoral enrollment and graduation patterns at Canadian universities during the 1970s and projections for the 1980s are presented. Attention is directed to full-time and part-time doctoral enrollment by eight fields of study, and 26 disciplines are examined for the 10-year period of 1970-71 to 1979-80. Breakdowns by region and by selected…
Descriptors: Doctoral Degrees, Enrollment Projections, Enrollment Trends, Females
Fuller, Carol H. – 1986
Data on Ph.D. productivity during 1951-1980 for all accredited institutions are presented, along with a narrative summary. Productivity ratios were computed by dividing the average number of Ph.D.s conferred per year (1951-1980) by the average number of bachelor's degrees conferred per year (1946-1976) for each institution. Liberal arts colleges…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Educational Attainment, Educational Status Comparison
Henn, Susan; Maxfield, Betty D. – 1983
Information on the employment status of recent science, engineering, and humanities doctorate recipients is presented, with special emphasis on the 1973-1976 graduates. The primary data source is the 1981 Survey of Doctorate Recipients, which is appended. Attention is directed to the increasing number of Ph.D.s awarded over the last decade or two,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Career Planning, College Graduates, Doctoral Degrees
de Wolf, Virginia A. – 1980
Early career experiences of a sample of 233 University of Washington doctorates were studied. Doctorates were initially grouped into seven degree areas (physical science, biological science, social science, humanities, education, engineering, and other). As hypothesized, significant differences were found between the genders in their distribution…
Descriptors: Biology, Comparative Analysis, Doctoral Degrees, Education Majors
Maxfield, Betty D. – 1981
Data on the employment status of Ph.D.s in the United States, with emphasis on racial minorities, are presented. The information is based primarily on the 1979 Survey of Doctorate Recipients but also is derived from the annual Surveys of Earned Doctorates. Demographic and employment statistics for the total population of Ph.D.s in science,…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Asian Americans, Behavioral Sciences, Biological Sciences
Rosen, Seymour M.; Apanasewicz, Nellie – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1964
The previously published "Higher Education in Poland, Part I: Organization and Administration," and the present volume constitute an Office of Education study on the Polish system of higher learning. Part II explains the functioning of Polish institutions under control of the Ministry of Higher Education and other ministries, and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, College Admission, School Activities
