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Autor/inn/en | Mulvey, Patrick J.; Nicholson, Starr |
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Institution | American Inst. of Physics, New York, NY. Education and Employment Statistics Div. |
Titel | Enrollments and Degrees Report. |
Quelle | (1998), (14 Seiten)
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Asian Americans; Astronomy; Bachelors Degrees; Black Students; Cooperative Education; Doctoral Degrees; Enrollment Trends; Graduate Study; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Interdisciplinary Approach; Masters Degrees; Minority Groups; National Surveys; Physics; Racial Differences; Sex Differences; Trend Analysis; Undergraduate Study Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Astronomie; 'Bachelor''s degrees'; Bachelor-Studiengang; Kooperativer Unterricht; Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Ethnische Minderheit; Physik; Rassenunterschied; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Trendanalyse; Grundstudium |
Abstract | This report presents the results of a 1995-96 survey of U.S. colleges and universities offering doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degrees in physics and astronomy, focusing on degree production and current student enrollment. The survey found that first-year graduate student enrollments for 1996-97 declined by 2.5 percent from the previous year. Ph.D. production for 1995-96 (1,438) was down 3 percent from the high 2 years prior. Physics bachelor degree production continued to decline, with the class of 1995-96 totaling 4,156 degrees. Recently, attention has focused on master's programs in physics as a means of making physics students more marketable in the industrial work force. However, few master's programs offer such curriculum options as co-ops, internships, or interdisciplinary degrees. The 72 degree-granting astronomy departments conferred 126 doctorates and 181 bachelor's degrees on the class of 1995-96; these programs attract fewer foreign students and a larger proportion of women than their physics counterparts. The representation of minorities among physics degree recipients has not changed in recent years. At all degree levels, Hispanic and African-American students continue to be underrepresented, and Asian-Americans overrepresented. An appendix provides data on degree and enrollment trends over the last 10 years. (SW) |
Anmerkungen | American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740-3843. |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |