Study of the Time-to-Degree by Doctorates in Science and Engineering

科学与工程博士学位获得学位时间的研究

• 批准号: 8719855
• 负责人: Alan Fechter
• 金额: $ 8.22万
• 依托单位: National Research Council
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1987
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1987-09-15 至 1989-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8719855&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Study; Time; Degree; Doctorates; Science

The Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel (OSEP) of the National Research Council proposes to undertake a study to identify and explore the key factors that explain the length of time from the receipt of the baccalaureate to completion of the research doctorate. Given known demographic trends and the dramatic increase expected in the number of job openings in the academic sector in the late 1990s it may be necessary for federal policy makers to find ways to generate an increase in the supply of new doctorates. One possible way to do this is by reversing the trend toward longer completion times. Historically, length of time has differed across doctoral fields and within these fields time- to-degree has been rising. Yet, little is known about why these differences arise, how important the trends may be as determinants of doctorate production, and whether these trends can be altered. A major output of the proposed study is a time series data base for the period 1967-1986 for each of eleven science and engineering fields. This data base will be used to test a model to determine the effects of market forces, demographic and institutional factors, and federal and other sources of financial aid. They will also provide some insight into the question of whether the quality of the baccalaureate and doctorate granting departments of students affects their length of time to completion.

科学和工程人员办公室 （OSEP）的国家研究理事会建议， 一项研究，以确定和探索的关键因素，解释 从获得学士学位到 完成研究博士学位。 给定已知 人口趋势和预期人口将大幅度增加， 2001年12月学术部门的职位空缺数 20世纪90年代，联邦政策制定者可能有必要找到 增加新博士学位供应的方法。 一个可能的方法是扭转趋势， 更长的完成时间。 从历史上看， 不同的博士领域和这些领域的时间- 度一直在上升。 然而，很少有人知道为什么 这些差异的出现，趋势可能是多么重要， 博士生的决定因素，以及这些因素是否 趋势可以改变。 拟议研究的一项主要成果是 是1967-1986年期间的时间序列数据库， 11个科学和工程领域。 该数据库 将被用来测试一个模型，以确定 市场力量、人口和体制因素，以及 联邦和其他财政援助来源。 他们还将 提供了一些关于质量是否 学士学位和博士学位授予部门的 学生的成绩影响他们完成学业的时间。