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1. Replacing Science and Engineering Faculty in the 1990s. Occasional paper 89-4.

Author

Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology, Washington, DC. and Vetter, Betty M.

Abstract

A future faculty shortage problem in science and engineering areas is discussed. The trends of enrollment of undergraduate and graduate student by field are described. Data on current faculty, faculty vacancy rates, and faculty characteristics are presented and discussed. The characteristics include the citizenship, age, sex, and ethnic background of faculty members. Future demands are discussed by field and institution. It is concluded that time to institute a policy change is running out for the United States. Now is the last possible moment to begin to recruit U.S. students (and, particularly women and minority students) to prepare for faculty careers in the 1990s and beyond. Statistical data are provided for many variables. Lists 22 references. (YP)

Published
1989

2. Confidence and Competence: Basic Skills Programs and Refresher Courses for Re-entry Women. Field Evaluation Draft.

Author

Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. and Prahl, Ellen

Abstract

Ways in which institutions can attract and aid re-entry women students by offering courses, workshops and support personnel to help them refresh, upgrade, and update basic academic skills are suggested. A wide range of possible actions is included so that institutions can pursue those most appropriate to their individual circumstances. Reasons why basic skills programs and refresher courses can help re-entry women and types of courses they need are listed. Suggestions on what an institution can do are provided for each of the following areas: how to study; how to improve reading ability; how to take examinations; how to write college papers; how to brush up in math and science; how to communicate and give presentations in class; how to manage time and juggle schedules; and/or how to use new information resources in the library, language lab, and classroom. Refresher courses for graduates with degrees in science and engineering and for re-entry women in technical fields and coordination of basic skills and refresher courses with re-entry and regular academic programs are other institutional efforts. Approaches to meeting the needs of re-entry women from special population groups, such as single parents, displaced homemakers, older women, minority women and handicapped women, are considered. Information on the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 and an annotated bibliography are included along with a field evaluation questionnaire for the draft of this paper. (SW)

Published
1980

3. Labor Markets for New Science and Engineering Graduates in Private Industry. Science Resources Studies Highlights.

Author

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies.

Abstract

Data are presented on labor market conditions for science and engineering graduates based on responses of 255 firms to mail and telephone surveys conducted in late fall of 1981. Highlights presented in table, chart, and text indicate: (1) definite and likely shortages were concentrated in the computer and engineering fields; (2) chemical, industrial, mechanical engineering and earth sciences reported a general balance between supply and demand; (3) fields in which job applicants were in excess of needs included physics, mathematics, chemistry, and civil engineering; (4) employer perceptions of shortages of Ph.D.'s were not consistent with those at the lower degree levels; (5) reported shortages were concentrated in industries having experienced overall employment growth in 1981; (6) at each degree level a greater proportion of employers reported shortages for engineering graduates then for science graduates; (7) large firms on the average sought proportionately more new workers than did medium-sized firms; and (8) 43 percent of the employers reporting shortages felt that these were attributable to rapid growth of their industry, while about 2 percent attributed their shortages to competition from other industries. (Author/JN)

Published
1982

4. COED Transactions, Vol. X, No. 9, September 1978. Use of the Analog/Hybrid Computer in Boundary Layer and Convection Studies.

Author

American Society for Engineering Education, Washington, DC. Computers in Education Div. and Mitchell, Eugene E.

Abstract

In certain boundary layer or natural convection work, where a similarity transformation is valid, the equations can be reduced to a set of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. They are therefore well-suited to a fast solution on an analog/hybrid computer. This paper illustrates such usage of the analog/hybrid computer by a set of applications of increasing complexity. The examples chosen are the growth of the boundary layer as expressed by the Blasius equation, the steady natural convection plume above a horizontal line heat source, and free convection from horizontal surfaces. The analog computer is effective in both educational and research contexts providing very rapid solutions to such problems. (Author/BB)

Published
1978

5. Graduate Science/Engineering Enrollment Up 3% Between 1979 and 1980. Science Resources Studies Highlights.

Author

National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Div. of Science Resources Studies.

Abstract

Data presented in this report are derived from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) fall 1980 Survey of Graduate Science Students and Postdoctorates, covering 9,930 graduate science and engineering (S/E) departments in 633 doctorate- and master's-granting institutions. Highlights of the survey indicate that: (1) graduate enrollment in S/E exceeded 383,000 in fall 1980, a growth of 3 percent over fall 1979; (2) the total number of graduate students enrolled in engineering grew between 1979 and 1980 at about twice the rate of those in science fields as a whole; (3) 3 percent 1979-80 increase in full-time S/E graduates at doctorate-granting institutions was primarily fueled by the growing number of women enrolled in graduate S/E courses; (4) the number of foreign students enrolled full-time in doctorate-granting institutions increased by 9 percent between 1979 and 1980; (5) of the 231,000 S/E graduate students enrolled full-time, those holding research and teaching assistantships increased by 5 percent over 1979; and (6) federal agencies supported about 22 percent of all full-time S/E students in 1980, the same proportion as in 1979. (Author/JN)

Published
1982