THIS OFFICE OF EDUCATION REPORT, BASED ON 1957-61 FIGURES, CONTAINS DETAILED TABLES OFFERING DATA ON UNDERGRADUATE, MASTER'S AND DOCTORAL AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION, DOCTORAL MINOR AND DISSERTATION FIELDS, PRE-DOCTORAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, AGE AT VARIOUS CAREER STAGES, AND GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN. GIVEN ALSO ARE DATA ON BACCALAUREATE-DOCTORATE TIME LAPSE, INSTITUTIONS AT WHICH HIGH SCHOOL, UNDERGRADUATE, AND GRADUATE WORK WERE PURSUED, REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF UNDERGRADUATE SCHOOLS, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, CITIZENSHIP, AND THE PERCENT OF WOMEN DOCTORATES. FURTHER CHARTS OUTLINE THE POST-DOCTORATE EMPLOYMENT PLANS AND EMPLOYMENT CATEGORIES OF DOCTORAL GRADUATES. APPENDIXES LIST AMERICAN LEARNED AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES, AND THE NUMBERS OF LINGUISTICS AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE DOCTORATES HOLDING MEMBERSHIPS IN EACH. (RW)