University and Department Influences on Scientists' Occupational Outcomes

Autor/inn/en	Kim, Jeongeun; Ott, Molly; Dippold, Lindsey
Titel	University and Department Influences on Scientists' Occupational Outcomes
Quelle	In: Research in Higher Education, 61 (2020) 2, S.197-228 (32 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kim, Jeongeun)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-0365
DOI	10.1007/s11162-019-09584-6
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Engineering Education; Scientists; Doctoral Programs; Institutional Characteristics; Career Choice; Departments; Student Characteristics; Doctoral Students; Outcomes of Education; Program Content + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Ingenieurausbildung; Scientist; Wissenschaftler; Doktorandenprogramm; Department; Abteilung; Doctoral studies; Doctorate studies; Student; Students; Doctoral candidate; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Doktorand; Doktorandin; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Programmgestaltung
Abstract	Over 50,000 Ph.D. degrees in Science and Engineering (S&E) are awarded annually by United States (U.S.) universities, but few studies have systematically considered how the various aspects of doctoral training can influence the occupational outcomes of S&E doctoral graduates. This inquiry draws from the National Science Foundation's Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System to investigate how the characteristics of U.S. degree-granting departments and institutions are associated with doctoral graduates' entrance into different career sectors (i.e., academia, industry, government). The conceptual framework is based on the Scientific and Technical Human Capital theory (Bozeman et al. in Int J Technol Manag 22(7-8):716-740, 2001) as well as Berger and Milem's (Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research, Agathon Press, New York, 2000) model of college impact. We find that a number of university and department factors are associated with the career choice of S&E doctoral graduates after finishing their Ph.D including: (a) structural characteristics, such as geographic location and faculty composition, (b) organizational behaviors, such as those symbolizing a program's relative emphasis on traditional academic work versus activities valued in industry, and (c) peer group characteristics such as a department's proportion of female and minority Ph.D. students. These results will be particularly informative for policy makers, faculty and administrators in S&E programs, and prospective doctoral students. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01