Science and Technology in the Academic Enterprise: Status, Trends, and Issues (1989)

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ACADEMIC PERSONNEL 78 DOCTORAL INSTITUTION SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS. The number of scientists and engineers (FTE) employed by doctoral institutions, in both faculty and non-faculty positions, has increased steadily from 66,000 in 1958 to nearly 200,000 in 1988. For the past two decades, public doctoral institutions have employed nearly 70 percent of all doctoral institution scientists and engineers Figure 2-72: Scientists and Engineers (FTE) in Doctoral Institutions by Institution Governance Figure 2-73: Distribution of Scientists and Engineers (FTE) in Doctoral Institutions by Institution Governance NOTE: Data series within the figures are not overlapped; top line represents total. DEFINITION OF TERMS: Scientists and engineers include all professional employees—faculty, non-faculty, and post-doctorate personnel—employed by higher education institutions (plus a full-time equivalent for part-time employees), within the broad fields of physical sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, life and health sciences, mathematics and computer sciences, and social and behavioral sciences. Private doctoral institutions are institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control of—or affiliated with—non-profit, independent organizations with or without religious affiliation; they include 69 institutions. Public doctoral institutions are institutions that have granted an average of 10 or more Ph.D. degrees per year in the natural sciences or engineering over the past two decades, and are under the control of—or affiliated with—federal, state, local, state and local, or state-related agencies; they include 116 institutions. SOURCE: National Science Foundation, Division of Policy Research and Analysis. Database: CASPAR. Some of the data within this database are estimates, incorporated where there are discontinuities within data series or gaps in data collection. Primary data source: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resource Studies, Survey of Scientific and Engineering Personnel Employed at Universities and Colleges.