In this article, the authors summarize their 15 years of research on graduate education in economics in the United States. They examine all stages of the process, from the undergraduate origins of eventual economics PhDs to their attrition and time-to-degree outcomes. For PhD completers, the authors examine job market outcomes, research…

The Modern Language Association has created a computerized database for the world's 3,024 periodicals on language and literature from which it can retrieve current information including: the number of periodicals in the field and the rate new ones are introduced, number of manuscripts submitted and published each year, etc. (MLW)

This report represents the first year of an effort to develop a system of indicators of scientific technical information. It examines the growth of scientific books, journals, reports, patents, and dissertations and is directed toward helping planners and policymakers evaluate the status of scientific and technical communication in the nation.…