Measuring the Science and Engineering Enterprise Priorities for the Division of Science Resources Studies (2000) / Chapter Skim
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1 Introduction
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Like these other federal statistical agenciessuch as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Bureau of the Census, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the National Center for Health Statistics SRS is charged with providing data and analysis on a broad policy area for public- and private-sector constituents. The activities of SRS, authorized by the National Science Foundation Act of 1950 as amended, are important for informing science and technology policymakers, managers, educators, and researchers.
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The scope of this study was developed through discussions among SRS, the NRC's Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, and the NRC's Committee on National Statistics. Scope of Study The Committee to Assess the Portfolio of the Science Resources Studies Division of NSF was charged with identifying gaps in NSF surveys and providing prioritized recommendations for addressing those data and information gaps.
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presentations to the committee in April 199S, by the SRS Division Director and senior SRS managers on their operations and data collection challenges individual interviews with these managers · focus groups with SRS staff in the Research and Development Statistics Program, the Human Resources Statistics Program, the Science and Engineering Indicators Program, the Integrated Studies Program, and the Information Services Group the reports of SRS customer surveys in 1994 and 1996 · interviews with 42 individuals in government, industry, and academia to solicit their views on current issues in science and engineering and the data available to address these issues a two-day NRC conference entitled "A Workshop on Data to Describe Resources for the Changing Science and Engineering Enterprise," held in Washington, D.C. on September 18-19, 1998 · the conclusions and recommendations from a number of recent reports on issues in science and technology policy In addition, the committee relied on its own members with extensive experience in research and development, graduate education, and the analysis of science and engineering labor markets to assess the importance of various issues raised in the presentations, focus groups, interviews, the two-day conference, and national reports.
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Chapter 4 discusses current policy issues regarding graduate education, the transition to employment for new Ph.D.s, career paths of scientists and engineers, and the international flow of scientists and engineers. Chapter 5 discusses the changing organization of R&D in the United States and globally and then examines specific issues dealing with industrial research and development and the allocation of federal resources for science and technology.
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