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      Humanities Doctorates in the United States: 1995 Profile

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Academy of Sciences

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      Forecasting Demand and Supply of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers: Report of a Workshop on Methodology

      National Research Council,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel

      A summary of a workshop conducted by the National Research Council to learn from both forecast makers and forecast users about improvements that can be made in understanding the markets…

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      Women Scientists and Engineers Employed in Industry: Why So Few?

      Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,National Research Council

      Examines both quantitative and qualitative evidence regarding the low employment of women scientists and engineers in the industrial work force of the United States. This book addresses the statistics underlying…

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      Women in Science and Engineering, Increasing Their Numbers in the 1990s: A Statement on Policy and Strategy

      Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      Explores the under participation of women in science and engineering in the United States, and presents a strategic plan to bring qualified women into such careers as researchers, teachers, and…

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      Fostering Flexibility in the Engineering Work Force

      Committee on Skill Transferability in Engineering Labor Markets,National Research Council

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      The Impact of Defense Spending on Nondefense Engineering Labor Markets: A Report to the National Academy of Engineering

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Panel on Engineering Labor Markets,National Academy of Sciences

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      Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists

      Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Assesses the nation’s future needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists and the role the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program can play in meeting those needs. The NRSA program has…

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      Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Education

      Committee on Attracting Science and Mathematics Ph.D.s to Secondary School Teaching,National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Policy and Global Affairs

      The National Research Council conducted a study to identify incentives that state governments and local school districts can use to attract PhD scientists and mathematicians to secondary school teaching positions…

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      On Time to the Doctorate: A Study of the Lengthening Time to Completion for Doctorates in Science and Engineering

      Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council,Howard P. Tuckman,Susan Coyle,Yupin Bae

      Presents a model to explain changes in both total time to the doctorate and in the several components of time to the doctorate. This book examines the lengthening time to…

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      Who Will Do the Science of the Future?: A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science

      National Academy of Sciences,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Women in Science and Engineering,National Research Council

      A summary of a symposium on careers of women in science. This work incorporates 3 panels of presenters: one focusing on the next generation; a second that looks at the…

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      The Use of Multi-State Life Tables in Estimating Places for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists: A Technical Paper

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel,National Academy of Sciences

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      Foreign and Foreign-Born Engineers in the United States: Infusing Talent, Raising Issues

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Committee on the International Exchange and Movement of Engineers,National Academy of Sciences

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      Careers in Science and Technology: An International Perspective

      Advisory Committee,Office of International Organizations and Programs and Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Represents the proceedings of a conference on Trends in Science and Technology Careers, held in Brussels in 1993. This conference laid the groundwork for international discussions about the ways to…

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      Meeting the Nation’s Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists: Summary of the 1993 Public Hearings

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Studies and Surveys Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Research Personnel

      This book assesses the nation’s future needs for biomedical and behavioral scientists and the role the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program can play in meeting those needs. The year…

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      Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change

      Committee for the Study of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States,National Research Council

      Documents changes that have taken place in the size, structure, and quality of doctoral education. This book provides information on nearly 4,000 doctoral programs in 41 subdisciplines at 274 doctorate-granting…

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      Issues for Science and Engineering Researchers in the Digital Age

      Policy Division,Office of Special Projects,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs

      This guide for students and faculty discusses opportunities and implications of conducting research in a digital environment.

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      The Path to the Ph.D.: Measuring Graduate Attrition in the Sciences and Humanities

      Ad Hoc Panel on Graduate Attrition Advisory Committee,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Provides a summary of datasets that analyze patterns of graduate student attrition and degree completion nationally, along with an analysis of studies on the subject. This work committee examines the…

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      Building a Diverse Work Force: Scientists and Engineers in the Office of Naval Research

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee to Study Diversity in the Scientific and Engineering Work Force of the Office of Naval Research,National Academy of Sciences

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      Improving the Recruitment, Retention and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers: A Report to the Carnegie Commission on Science, Technology and Government

      Committee on Scientists and Engineers in the Federal Government,National Research Council

      Assesses the capacity of the federal government to recruit and retain highly qualified scientists and engineers for federal service. This book recommends vigorous use of the Federal Employees Pay Comparability…

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      Trends in Federal Support of Research and Graduate Education

      Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy,Technology and Economic Policy,Committee on Trends in Federal Spending on Scientific and Engineering Research,National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs

      The Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy improved its 1999 analysis (Appendix A, Securing America’s Industrial Strength, 1999) of changes since 1990 in the distribution of federal research funding…

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      Engineering Tasks for the New Century: Japanese and U.S. Perspectives

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Office of International Affairs,Committee on Japan,National Academy of Sciences

      The U.S.-Japan bilateral task force was tasked with addressing the following questions: (1) How do Japan and the United States educate and train engineers, and what are the major similarities…

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      Recruitment, Retention and Utilization of Federal Scientists and Engineers

      Committee on Scientists and Engineers in the Federal Government,Alan K. Campbell,Linda Skidmore Dix,National Academy of Sciences

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      Building a Workforce for the Information Economy: Workforce Needs in Information Technology

      Committee on Workforce Needs in Information Technology,Board on Testing and Assessment,Board on Science, Technology and Economic Policy,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,National Research Council

      Looks at IT workers and the policy issues they inspire. This book identifies characteristics that differentiate IT work from other categories of high-tech work, including an informative contrast with biotechnology…

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      Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Reproductive Cloning

      National Research Council,Board on Life Sciences

      Human reproductive cloning is an assisted reproductive technology that would be carried out with the goal of creating a newborn genetically identical to another human being. This work considers the…

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      Bridge Builders: African Experiences with Information and Communication Technology

      Panel on Planning for Scientific and Technological Information (STI) Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Contains 16 stories that are first person accounts of how information technologies have been introduced into institutions for the benefit of scientists and engineers in sub-Saharan Africa. This work contains…

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      The Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain: Proceedings of a Symposium

      Steering Committee on the Role of Scientific and Technical Data and Information in the Public Domain,Office of International Scientific and Technical Information Programs,Board on International Scientific Organizations,Policy and Global Affairs,National Research Council

      This symposium brought together leading experts and managers from the public and private sectors who are involved in the creation, dissemination, and use of scientific and technical data and information…

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      Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit

      National Research Council,National Academy of Engineering,Engineering Education Program Office,Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Teacher Advisory Council

      The National Research Council (NRC) and National Academy of Engineering (NAE) have released a new report, Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape: Summary of a Summit. Based on…

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      An International Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facility, Exploring a Russian Site as a Prototype: Proceedings of an International Workshop

      Committee on the Scientific Aspects of an International Spent Fuel Repository in Russia,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia,National Research Council,Russian Academy of Sciences,Development, Security, and Cooperation

      Focuses on the environmental aspects of the general location and characteristics of a possible storage site, transportation to and within the site, containers for transportation and storage, inventory and accountability…

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      Successes and Difficulties of Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop

      Committee on Small Innovative Firms in Russian Nuclear Cities,Office for Central Europe and Eurasia Development, Security, and Cooperation,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

      Focuses on successes and failures of small innovative firms in five science cities in Russia. This report describes the workshop proceedings organized by the NRC with the cooperation of Minatom.

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      Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications: Proceedings of a Symposium

      National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy,Committee on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing,National Academy of Sciences

      This report is the proceedings of a 2003 symposium on Electronic Scientific, Technical, and Medical Journal Publishing and Its Implications, which brought together experts in STM publishing, both producers and…

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