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Appendix C: Recommendations from Surveying the Nation's Scientists and Engineers (NRC 1989)
Appendix C: Recommendations from Surveying the Nation's Scientists and Engineers (NRC 1989)
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In the 1990s, the data system should continue to serve this goal. Specifically, the system should Support the preparation of regular profiles of the characteristics of scientists and engineers, including their numbers, employment patterns, qualifications, utilization, and other characteristics, with separate tabulations by field, sex, and race, when feasible, and Support the preparation of special analyses that illuminate specific policy issues and characteristics of science and engineering personnel in greater depth In the 1990s, the data system should also serve other important goals to which NSF does not currently accord high priority: Provide a research base for improved analysis of relevant labor markets and of flows into out of, and within the science and engineering labor force that can pinpoint trouble spots and provide early warnings of future problems, and Provide a database that will support basic innovative research on scientists and engineers and the science and engineering pipeline.
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5.5 NSF should increase the research utility of the science and engineering personnel database by enriching the content of its surveys. NSF should assign orioritv to new or modified content items that will provide greater understanding of: The kinds of work that scientists and engineers do and how their work is changing in response to changes in technology, organizational structure, and other factors; The career paths that scientists and engineers follow and the factors that influence key transitions, including initial entry into the labor force, mobility across fields and sectors, and retirement; and The productivity that scientists and engineers achieve and how their accomplishments relate to characteristics of their training, career moves, and work environment.
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6.2 NSF should initiate modifications to the Survey of Doctorate Recipients, specifically, in the areas of coverage, survey scheduling, sample design, and wording of key questionnaire items, that will improve comparability of the SDR data with other data in the NSF science and personnel data system. 6.3 Detailed specification of the design for the NSF personnel data system in the 1 99Os will require additional analysis and decision making.
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7.7 NSF should provide resources to the Science Resources Studies Division for staff training in survey methodology and for staff to attend conferences, short courses, and other venues of continuing education. NSF should also provide resources for the staff to develop first-hand knowledge, through field visits and other means, of the many different kinds of scientists and engineers whose characteristics the personnel surveys are intended to measure.
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Two basic tabulation series would be useful: one series that focuses on the current employment situation of people with degrees in particular science and engineering fields, and another that focuses on the educational background and work environments of science and engineering graduates who are employed in particular science and engineering occupations. NSF should also produce publications from the Pane} Survey about the cohort of employed scientists and engineers (including people trained in other fields)
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