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1 Introduction
Pages 9-12

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... . This survey is a key component in a group of three surveys of scientists and engineers conducted by the Division of Science Resources Statistics of NSF: the other two are the National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG)
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... National Science Foundation WMPD Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities Report The three surveys are coordinated to provide complete coverage of the science and engineering workforce every 2-3 years. For more than 25 years, NSF obtained a sample frame for identifying the target population for the NSCG from the list of respondents to the decennial census long form who indicated that they had earned a bachelor's or higher degree.
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... In the context of the workshop, the Panel on Assessing the Benefits of the American Community Survey for the NSF Division of Science Resources Statistics was asked to review NSF's assessment of the potential of the addition of this information as a screening element for subsequent inquiries such as the NSCG, which now uses level of degree information from the decennial census long form. The panel was charged, as well, with considering the relevance and adequacy of ACS products for meeting current and emerging data needs for NSF, as well as potential analytical uses of information on graduates' fields of degree that is proposed to be collected on the ACS.
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... . The final chapter responds to the panel's charge to consider potential future improvements in the ability to understand the nation's science and engineering workforce when the ACS is available for sampling and analysis purposes.
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