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APPENDIX B
LIST OF ACRONYMS
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AGE Average age at which each cohort started the doctorate
AIP American Institute of Physics
BAl led LE1 Average real salary for baccalaureates in chemistry, physics,
engineering, and life sciences 10 years post-baccalaureate
(obtained from Battelle Columbus Laboratories)
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BCL
BCPCREAL
~ BLAC:K
BSALPROF
BCARN1ST Percentage or a cohort W1U] a Baccalaureate from an ~nsu~unull
classified as "Research I" by 1987 Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education
BCARN2ND Percentage of a cohort with a baccalaureate from an institution
classified as "Research I or Research II" by 1987 Carnegie
Classification of Institutions of Higher Education
Battelle Columbus Laboratories
Average real starting salary for baccalaureates in a particular
field (obtained from the College Placement Council)
Percentage in each cohort who are black
Average real starting salary for baccalaureates in a particular
field (obtained from the American Institute of Physics for
physics and astronomy and from National Survey of Hospital
and Medical School Salaries for health sciences)
BSALREAL Average real starting salary for baccalaureates in a particular
field (obtained from the Endicott Report)
BTOP20 Percentage of a cohort with a baccalaureate from an institution
with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 20 according
to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of
Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
BTOP40 Percentage of cohort with a baccalaureate from an institution
with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 40 according
to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of
Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
CASPAR Computer Aided Science Policy Analysis and Research System
of the National Science Foundation
CPC College Placement Council
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DEAN
DRF
E
EAM
ER
EXPENDST
F
FACULTY
FORBACC
GREQ
GREV
HISP
I
MARRED
NSHMSS
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P&A
PCARN1ST
PERPOP
Percentage of the DRF cohort who had definite employment or
postdoctorate study plans at the time that the survey was
conducted
Average number of dependents of the doctorate recipients in
each cohort
Doctorate Records File
Market forces (i.e., SALRAT1, UNEMP4YR, SEEK)
Earth, Atmospheric and Marine Sciences
Endicott Report produced at the Northwestern University
Federal expenditures on higher education per full-time
equivalent student
Family background characteristics (i.e., MARRIED,
DEPEND, TEMP, WOMEN)
Number of full-time equivalent faculty members
Percentage of each cohort with a foreign baccalaureate degree
Mean quantitative score from the Graduate Records
Examination ;
Mean verbal score from the Graduate Records Examination
Percentage in each cohort who are Hispanic
Student attributes (i.e., AGE, SAMEFLD, SELECT)
Percentage of each doctorate cohort that are married
National Survey of Hospital and Medical School Salaries
produced at the University of Texas
Institutional environment and policies (i.e., FORBACC,
BTOP40, BCARN1ST, BCARN2ND, PTOP40, PCARN1ST,
PCARN2ND, FACULTY, R&D)
Physics and astronomy
Percentage of a cohort with a doctorate from a "Research I"
institution, based on 1987 Carnegie Classification of
Institutions of Higher Education
PCARN2ND Percentage of a cohort with a doctorate from a "Research I or
Research II" institution, based on 1987 Carnegie Classification
of Institutions of Higher Education
Ratio of number of doctorates to the U.S. population 25-34
years of age having 16 or more years of education
Percentage of a cohort with a doctorate from an institution
with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 20 according
to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of
Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
Percentage of a cohort with a doctorate from an institution
with a graduate program ranking in one of the top 40 according
to the National Research Council's 1981-82 Assessment of
Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
PrOP20
PTOP40
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R&D
RTD
SALRAT1
SALRATIO
SAMEFLD
SDR
SDRSAL
SEEK
SELECT
SUPPED
SUPOWN
SUPPRIV
SUPRA
SUPTA
TEMP
TLFA
TNEU
TPGE
loll'
Tt~lllON
I3NEMP
UNEMP4YR
WOMEN
Research and development; ratio of real dollar value of
government expenditures on university R&D to the number of
science and engineering doctorate recipients
Registered time to the doctorate (i.e., the length of time that a
student is actually registered in graduate school)
Ratio of SDRSALl0 to SDRSAL
Ratio of doctorate salary to baccalaureate salary in a particular
field
Percentage of each cohort with a baccalaureate degree in the
same field as the doctorate
Survey of Doctorate Recipients
Average real salary of recent doctorates in a particular field
(based on SDR data)
SDRSAL10 Average real doctorate salary for doctorates 10 years after
receipt of the degree (based on SDR data)
Percentage of those in a DRF cohort seeking employment or
postdoctorate study
Percentage of each cohort from selective undergraduate colleges
and universities
Percentage of each cohort with federal support
Percentage of each cohort reporting own earnings as primary
source of support
Percentage of each cohort with private foundation support
Percentage of each cohort with research assistantship
Percentage of each cohort with a teaching assistantship
Percentage of the total doctorates who hold temporary visas
Tuition and financial aid (i.e., TUITION, SUPPED
SUPPRIV, SUPTA, SI3PRA)
Time not enrolled in the university after beginning graduate
studies
Time after receiving the baccalaureate but prior to graduate
entrance
Total time to doctorate (i.e., the time lapse from the year of
receiving the baccalaureate until the doctorate is completed)
Real average in-state tuition and fees paid by the cohort
Overall unemployment rate for the U.S. labor force (obtained
from the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Unemployment rate for persons with four or more years of
college (obtained from the Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Percentage in each cohort who are female
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