NSF Public Affairs: mnegron@nsf.gov In the last few weeks, the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics within the U.S. National Science Foundation had issued several reports, to include the Survey of Earned Doctorates, an annual census of individuals who receive research doctoral degrees from accredited U.S. academic institutions. This annual report calls attention to major trends in doctoral education. Given your frequent integration of such statistics in your reporting, I want to be sure you are aware of this new report and offer you the opportunity to talk with the statisticians who put this report together to talk about their findings. A few takeaways from the 2019 data:
If you’d like me to set up a ZOOM interview with the NSF staff behind this report, please email me at mnegron@nsf.gov. |