The National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics recently released this brief report on the trends in enrollment of science and engineering graduate students from 1993 to the fall of 2000. This four-page report is accessible in hypertext format or .pdf, and it contains information on enrollment by field, citizenship, race/ethnicity, and postdoctoral appointees. Data...

This new site, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, is home to the Re-envisioning the PhD project, which is tasked with investigating change in doctoral education, in particular, helping to expand the career choices available to PhD students. In the Re-envisioning Project Resources section, visitors will find conference materials, recommendations from studies, summaries of interviews, a...

The National Science Foundation has released the 2000 report of science and engineering doctorate awards (last reviewed in the January 9, 1998 Scout Report ). This site offers ten tables that can be downloaded as .pdf or Excel files. Each table contains varying information such as doctorates awarded by field of study and year of doctorate, or non-US citizens awarded doctorates in the sciences and...