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... McDONALD, Head, Operations Research Depardnent, GM Research and Development Center, Warren, M} CATHLEEN S MORAWETZ, Professor Emeritus, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, New York, NY PETER SARNAK, Chair, Department of Mathematics, Princeton University, Princeton, N]
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... BRINKMAN, Vice President, Physical Sciences Research, Lucent Technologies, Murray Hill, NI PETER DIAMOND, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambndge, MA GERALD P DINNEEN, Retired Vice President, Science and Technology, Honeywell, Inc.
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... GRIFFITHS, Director, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, N] MATHEMATICS BENCHMARKING GUIDANCE GROUP MARYE ANNE FOX (Chair)
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... Mathematics Education FACTORS THAT INFLUENCED PAST US PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS 4.1. Attractiveness to Talent from Outside the United States 4.2.
From page 12...
... Figure 7: Stay rates - percentages of foreign doctoral students who plan to remain In the United States, averaged over 1988-1992 Figure 8: Total full-time PhD students in mathematical sciences Table 1: Decrease in applications to PhD programs in mathematics, 1994 to 1996 Figure 9: Median salaries in 1993 of US PhDs who received their degree in l98S-1990, by field Figure 10: Percentages of academic scientists with federal support, 1993 Figure 11: Percentage increase in federal R&D expenditures at universities and colleges, by field Appendix B Figure B-1: Number of US institutions awarding PhDs in mathematics, ~ 920-1995 Figure B-2: Number of PhDs awarded in mathematics in the United States, ~ 920-1995 Figure B-3: Median time to PhD and age at receipt of PhD in mathematics in the United States Figure B-4: Doctoral recipients: total number and US and Non-US citizens Figure B-5: Number of first degrees in mathematics and computer science Figure B-6: Doctoral degrees in natural-sciences, 1992 Figure B-7: Number of PhD mathematicians employed in the United States Table B-1: Employment Status of PhD Mathematicians in the United States Table B-2: Occupation Status of PhD Mathematicians in the United States Figure Beg: Median salaries in 1993 of US PhDs who received their degree in 1985-1990, by field Figure B-9: Citizenship of full-time mathematics faculty with PhDs hired during 1991-1992 in the United States Figure B-10: Source of PhDs of full-time mathematics faculty hired during 1991-1992 in the United States Figure B-11: Percentage of unemployed new US mathematics PhDs Figure B-12: Median nine- and twelve-month salaries of new US PhDs for teaching or teaching and research in 1995 dollars Table B-3: Federal Support for the Mathematical Sciences, Fiscal Year 1 995-1998, in Millions,
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... International Benchmarking of US Mathematics Research 13 Current Dollars; and in Millions, Constant ~ 992 Dollars Figure B-13: Percentages of US academic scientists with federal support, ~ 993 Figure B-14a: Federal funding of US mathematical research - academic, 1993-1995 average Figure B-14b: Federal funding of US mathematical research - all R&D Figure B-IS: Percentage of Ma~ematical-research papers published by US authors Figure B-l 6: Number of mathematical-research papers by US and EC authors, ~ 98 ~ -I 996


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