ERIC ED376777: Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 1992. Technical Notes and Data Summaries.

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AUTHOR Huckenpohler, J. G.
Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in
TITLE
Science and Engineering: Fall 1992. Technical Notes
and Data Summaries.
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ABSTRACT
This publication describes the characteristics of a
database developed from a Fall 1992 survey of graduate students and
post-doctorates in science and engineering. The survey universe
included 333 doctorate- granting institutions and 275
master's-granting institutions. Section 1 offers general notes on
data limitations and availability and a summary of general findings.
Section 2 presents a description of the survey methodology and
response analysis. Section 3 lists the institutions surveyed by
degree level, and identifying codes. Section 4 displays copies of the
survey instruments and summary questionnaire facsimiles containing
data for all departments or for selected groups of departments. The
facsimiles present data for all institutions, by broad science and
engineering field, and summary statistics for doctorate-granting
institutions, master's-granting institutions, and other selected
groups of institutions. Highlights of the data include the following:
1992 showed a 4 percent increase over 1991 in graduate students
(1)
enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in science, engineering,
(2) the number of women enrolled in science and
and health fields;
engineering continued to rise more quickly than the number of men:
women increased by 6 percent and men by a little less than 3 percent;
and (3) numbers of social science students and earth, atmospheric,
and ocean science students increased the most rapidly.
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Graduate Students
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Postdoctorates in
Science and
Engineering
Fall 1992.
Technical Notes and Data Summaries
J.G. Huckenpohler, Project Monitor
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The fall 1992 survey was conducted by Quantum
The fall 1992 Survey of Graduate Students and
Research Corp. (QRC) of Bethesda, MD, under NSF
Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering was guided
contract number SRS-91-00714. QRC staff members
by J.G. Huckenpohler, Ph.D., Science Resources
who worked on this project were Barbara K. De Paul,
Analyst, Division of Science Resources Studies,
Eyvette Harris, Pamela G. Krones, John N. Lewis,
Science and Engineering Education and Human
Chuck Lyon, George J. Nozicka, Betsy Peto, and
Resources Program (EDU), National Science
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Foundation, under the direction of Mary J. Golladay,
Ph.D., Program Director, EDU. The National
Institutes of Health cosponsored the survey.
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CONTENTS
Page
Section
Acknowledgments
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General notes
I.
1
Data summary
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Technical notes
II.
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List of institutions included in the fall 1992 survey
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III.
Instructions, survey instruments, and summaries
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IV.
SECTION I. GENERAL NOTES
The data described in this report were collected in
with any school (medical school, dental school, etc.)
the 21st annual National Science Foundation/National
or branch campus that granted S&E doctorates for all
Institutes of Health (NSF/NIH) Survey of Graduate
years in which such degrees were offered. This
Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
definition differs from that used by the National
Engineering, covering fall 1992. This publication
Center for Education Statistics (NCES), which
describes the survey and characteristics of the
considers only those institutions that granted
database. The survey universe is composed of all
"significant numbers" of doctoral degrees to be
U.S. institutions with departments or programs
doctorate-granting institutions.
offering courses of study at the postbaccalaureate
level in any science and engineering (S&E) field.
Medical schools and other specialized institutions in
DATA LIMITATIONS
health-related fields with postdoctoral programs or
In any analysis of the data in these publications,
S&E master's or doctoral programs are also included.
the following definitions and limitations should be
The 1992 survey universe included 333 doctorate-
kept in mind.
granting institutions and 275 master's-granting
institutions.
In fall 1992 the definitions of foreign students
and U,S. citizens were modified to match
Section II presents a description of the survey
those used by the Department of Education's
methodology and response analysis. Section III lists
National Center for Education Statistics
the institutions surveyed, by degree level, along with
(NCES) and the Institute of International
their identifying Federal Interagency Committee on
Education. In previous years permanent
Education (FICE) codes.
residents were counted with foreign students,
but in fall 1992 permanent residents were
Section IV displays copies of the survey
included with U.S. citizens.
instruments, along with summary questionnaire
facsimiles containing data for all departments or for
In tables showing full-time graduate
selected groups of departments. The facsimiles
enrollment by source of support, "institutional
present data for all institutions, by broad science and
support" includes those students receiving
engineering field, and summary statistics for
their primary support from State and local
doctorate-granting institutions, master's-granting
government sources as well as from their
institutions, and other selected groups of institutions.
institutions.
Detailed data are available in several publications.
Selected Data on Graduate Students and
"Other U.S. sources" includes students
Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (NSF 94-
supported by industrial firms, nonprofit
301) includes tables summarizing results on all topics
institutions (independent research institutes,
covered by the questionnaire.
professional societies, philanthropic
foundations, etc.), and all other sources of
Because of the large number of tables (more than
support originating within the United States.
650 in 1992) generated on the basis of graduate S&E
However, "Other U.S. sources" does not
enrollment data, it is not feasible to include the full set
include loans, family money, or personal
of tables in a general-audience publication. To meet
savings used by students supporting
the needs of those interested in more detailed data of a
themselves. Students supported primarily by
specific type, NSF has developed a series of
foreign industrial firms, as well as by foreign
"Supplementary Data Releases" focusing on specific
governments, are reported under "foreign
data topics. The 18 pamphlets available are listed on
sources."
the order blank provided at the back of this book.
"Imputation," as defined by NSF, denotes a
Tables in these publications showing data for
computerized process that estimates data for
doctorate-granting institutions include all institutions
ordered by FICE code (listed in section Ill) through
totally or partially nonrespondent institutions
Mr. Richard Bennof. He can be reached at
based on their own data from earlier years, if
available, or data from peer institutions. Data
can be imputed for an entire institution, a
Science and Engineering Activities Program
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department, or individual cells for which the
institution or department was unable to 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965
provide actual data. The imputation
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procedures are described in detail in section
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II, "Technical Notes."
E-mail: [email protected]
Respondent institutions can revise prior-year
data as well as current data during the editing
process. Consequently, only the trend data
Institutional planners can now obtain data from
from the current report should be used in
several academic S&E resources on CD-ROM
historical analyses.
compact disc. The compact disk contains the
Computer Aided Science Policy Analysis and
Research (CASPAR) database system, which is an
easy -to -use tool for the retrieval and analysis of
DATA AVAILABILITY
statistical data on academic science and engineering
Data published in these reports are also available
resources. CASPAR provides an extensive and
on diskettes and in machine-readable form on
growing data library with multiyear statistics on the
magnetic tapes. Single-year or multiyear data tapes
state of higher edtication in general and on academic
are available with data for fall 1975 through fall 1992.
S&E resources specifically. This data library is based
Information on tape formats and the years for which
on a set of standard institutional and field-of-science
they are available, together with prices and
definitions across the multiple sources used to develop
instructions for ordering, can be found in the current
the database. The CASPAR program includes built-in
data user guide, Guide to the Data Files from the
help capabilities to facilitate the use and interpretation
National Science Foundation's Annual Surveys of
of the data.
Academic Science and Engineering. To obtain a copy
of the guide, contact Dr. J.G. Huckenpohler, who can
CASPAR data are drawn from a number of
also supply further information on the Survey of
sources. All data are available for individual
Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and
institutions, by State, and at the national level.
Engineering. His address and telephone number arc
Longitudinal data from surveys of universities and
colleges conducted by the NSF Division of Science
Science and Engineering Education and
Resources Studies include the R&D Expenditures
Human Resources Program
Survey and the Federal Support Survey besides the
National Science Foundation
Graduate Student Survey. Data from the surveys of
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universities and colleges conducted by NCES include
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Earned Degrees, Opening Fall Enrollment, Faculty
Salaries, Tenure and Fringe Benefits, and Financial
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Statistics. Data from other sources include the
National Research Council Doctorate Program
E-mail: [email protected]
Ratings. For additional information on CASPAR,
contact
Selected data items for individual doctorate-
granting institutions are available on computer-
Quantum Research Corp.
generated institutional profiles. These profiles cover
Attn: CASPAR
data from this survey as well as data collected in
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NSF's other academic S&E surveys covering research
Bethesda, MD 20814
and development (R&D) expenditures and Federal
support to academic institutions. Institutional profiles
for any institution or group of institutions can be
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DATA SUMMARY
In fall 1992 495,397 graduate students were
Foreign students, at almost 23 percent of the total,
enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in the
increased by less than 1 percent, probably due to a
science, engineering, and health fields. This total
change in the definition of foreign students. In
represents a 4-percent increase from the fall 1991
previous years permanent residents were counted
figure. The increase was 3 percent in the
with foreign students, but beginning in fall 1992
engineering fields and 4 percent in the science
permanent residents were included with U.S.
fields.
citizens to conform to data collected by other
sources. This definitional shift may explain why
Of all science fields social science students and
students with U.S. citizenship increased by more
Earth, atmospheric, and ocean science students
than 5 percent in 1992 but increased by only 3
increased the most rapidly (almost 6 percent
percent in 1991. Foreign students were most
each). Growth was slowest in the agricultural
heavily concentrated in the physical sciences and
sciences, with an increase of slightly more than 1
in engineering, making up almost 36 percent and
percent. The social sciences continued to be the
35 percent of the total, respectively. Foreign
most popular field in the sciences, with 85,824
students also made up about one-third of all
graduate students or more than one-fourth of the
graduate students in the mathematical sciences
total. Nearly one-third of the engineering
and computer sciences.
graduate students, 36,272, were enrolled in
electrical engineering.
At almost 40 percent of the full-time total,
academic institutions remained the major source
Graduate students enrolled full-time numbered
of support for full-time graduate students. Self-
323,399 and accounted for 65 percent of the total.
supported students (including those supported by
The number of graduate students enrolled full-
loans, family money, or personal savings) made
time increased at a faster rate from 1991 to 1992
up a little more than 31 percent of the full-time
than did those enrolled part-time (almost 5 percent
total. The Federal Government supported slightly
compared with 3 percent).
more than 20 percent.
The number of women enrolled in graduate S&E
Enrollment in doctorate-granting irstitutions, at
programs continued to rise more rapidly than the
427,792, represented 86 percent of all graduate
number of men, reaching 40 percent of the total.
students. This percentage has varied only slightly
since 1975. Nevertheless, master's-granting
Women increased by 6 percent, whereas men
increased by a little less than 3 percent. Women
institutions accounted for more than one- eighth of
continued to make up the majority of those
all graduate students reported and grew by 5
enrolled in psychology and the health fields but
percent from fall 1991 to fall 1992, compared
accounted for only 14.5 percent of engineering
with a 4-percent growth in enrollment at
graduate students.
doctorate-granting institutions.
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