Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists

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Table of Contents
Front Matter R1-R16
Executive Summary 1-10
Chapter 1 Introduction 11-20
Chapter 2 Education and Research Training of Life-Science PhDs 21-32
Chapter 3 Early-Career Employment Profiles of Life-Science PhDs 33-48
Chapter 4 Opportunities, Constraints, and Future Needs 49-62
Chapter 5 Implications of the Findings 63-78
Chapter 6 Conclusions and Recommendations 79-90
Alternative Statement on Recommendation 3: Henry Riecken 91-94
Appendix A Biographic Information 95-96
Appendix B Participants in Public Meeting 97-98
Appendix C Sources of Data 99-102
Appendix D Doctoral Fields Included for Data Analysis 103-104
Appendix E Data Tables for Chapter 2 105-130
Appendix F Data Tables for Chapter 3 131-176
Appendix G Getting Started on the World Wide Web: Web Sites of Interest to Young Scientists 177-180

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Figure 2.1

Number of US life-science PhDs awarded annually, by sex, 1963–1996.

Data from table E.1. 1996 total includes five recipients of unknown sex.

Figure 2.2

Number of US life-science PhDs awarded annually, by broad field, 1963–1996.

Data from tables E.2 and E.3.

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