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... . Citizenship · 12 percent of FEF were foreign citizens; foreign citizens were in the highest proportion in the fields of electrical/computer engineering, physical sciences, and civil engineering (between IS and 21 percent)
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... Postsecondary Education . FEF in the study reported earning 771 bachelor's degrees from 287 different institutions.' Table 3-S lists the top producing institutions, headed by the Massachusetts Institute of I Ihir~'i~t Individuals reported earning two bachelor's degrees.
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... research mentorship · 40 to 68 percent of FEF reported experiencing each type of mentoring listed on the survey (Figure 2-6~. · The majority of FEF (63 percent)
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... . It should be noted that 48 percent of the FEF in physical sciences received their degrees prior to 1980 (compared with 16 percent of FEF overall)
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... 38 percent published one or more articles in peerreviewed journals; 3 ~ percent published more than three articles (Figure 3-2~. Job Satisfaction · By field of highest degree, physical sciences ant} other fielcis showed the highest percentage of some degree of job satisfaction, 76 percent and 74 percent, respectively (Table 3-7~.
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... . Those with a degree in civil engineering or physical sciences switched from the government sector to academe most frequently (23 percent each)
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... % No. % Total AerospacelIndustrial Engineenng ChemicallMineral Engineenng Civil Engineering Electrical/Computer Engineenng Materials ScilPlastics/Ceramics Engineenng Mechanical/General Engineenng Other Engme~ng Computer Sciences Mathematical Sci/Operations Research Physical Sciences Other Fields No Field Specified 775 124 52 17 84 13 81 9 124 26 42 11 99 17 67 13 64 8 40 6 50 0 43 3 29 1 16 219 33 20 15 28 11 21 21 40 26 11 17 33 19 19 13 16 15 7 0 9 7 9 3 6 9 28 38 33 26 32 26 33 28 25 18 18 21 21 194 25 8 15 19 23 36 44 27 22 12 29 26 26 23 34 12 19 8 20 12 24 3 7 8 28 156 20 58 5 10 1 18 21 2 13 16 2 20 16 7 6 14 1 16 16 5 10 15 2 20 31 7 12 30 6 15 30 10 16 37 12 5 17 3 2 2 2 6 3 11 15 20 28 10 24 1 4 o 4 2 o 4 o 6 3 2 o 3 2 2 o 2 3 8 o 21
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