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VI. Manpower and Education
VI. Manpower and Education
Pages 279-287
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Thus, we are inevitably drawn to consider the health of the educational system that attracts top calibre individuals, that nurtures their creativity, and that effectively prepares them for their professional careers. There is no room for doubt that the higher levels of professional activity in chemistry depend directly on the educational experiences embodied in the Ph.D.
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It lets the student broaden horizons by venturing into a field different from the thesis work, by interacting with other productive researchers at a different locale, and by assuming more complete responsibility for the course of the research program. The combination of close collegial collaboration with a research-active faculty research director followed by more independent postdoctoral research work identifies chemistry as an excellent prescription for the encouragement and nurturing of individual creativity in talented young scientists.
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Physics doctorates followed closely the same pattern except, perhaps, in most recent years. These long-range trends are, of course, important from a national manpower point of view even though they are difficult to 281 2000 ~ 1500 a To 000 3 a; 5OO / "A CHEMISTRY / ~ / ~~ ~ / ~ <~ PHYS I CS 1~ I I I I I I I I I I I t I I,,,, I ,.,, 1965 1970 I 975 1980 YEAR Ph.D.
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From the point of view of financial support, teaching can thus provide approximately 20 percent of the stipend support usually received by a chemistry graduate student. There are several qualifying steps that may be required for successful completion of doctoral study in chemistry: entrance examinations, course grades, cumulative examinations, preliminary examinations, thesis submission, and final defense of thesis.
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DoctoralGranting Institutions, 1974-1980 Graduate Students Postdoctoral Students Number R.A. s Number Total Numbera Number "/Research Federally Total NumberC Federally Year (do Foreign)
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and two-thirds as large as those paid by industry. Remembering that competitive market forces determine industrial stipends and that a postdoctoral student has already invested about 9 years in college and university education, it is reasonable for university postdoctoral stipends to fall in the range defined by those National Laboratories and industries that over term postdoctoral appointments.
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Baccalaureate Chemistry Education Because of the basic character of chemistry and its centrality among the sciences, introductory chemistry courses fulfill a crucial service role. A knowIedge of the atomic makeup of the world around us is requisite in most of the advanced courses to be taken by the student entering the health and the biological sciences, physics, engineering, geology, oceanography, and even astronomy.
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There is one significant consideration that crosses the disciplinary boundaries, viz., the essential role of laboratory experience in introductory science courses, including chemistry. The importance of this element is persuasively argued in the Yankwich Report and is embodied in their recommendation U5: Whether they are taught to nonscientists, science majors, or chemistry majors, foundational courses in chemistry at the college level must include a substantial component of significant laboratory work.
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· Federal tax incentives would provide impetus to such industrial equipment gift and maintenance programs. · The federal research-funding agencies, in particular, the National Science Foundation, should play an active role by providing competitive awarded research grants of appropriate size and number of research-active faculty at 4-year colleges.
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