Formal pre- and postdoctoral health professional educations are different. The competencies necessary in a continuing education setting may be unique to this setting or they may be modifications of skills used in the formal setting. This paper provides descriptions of rationales for these competencies. (Author/SSH)

This study examines actual employment patterns of Ph.D.s in an effort to provide a basis for policy responses to what is felt to be a continuing crisis in the academic job market for humanities Ph.D.s. The study involved almost 6,000 Ph.D. candidates from 61 doctoral-granting institutions across the United States. Six disciplines were chosen to…

The NRC Resident Research Associateship Program at NIST provides two-year temporary appointments for outstanding scientists and engineers. This book describes program applicants and awardees and offers suggestions for an in-depth assessment of career outcomes. Preliminary investigation indicates that outreach efforts produce more qualified…

This report presents data from a follow-up survey of new physics graduates who entered the job market in 1993, extending findings first presented in the American Institute of Physics' Bachelors Degree Recipient Report in February 1995. It documents the rising unemployment rate among new physics bachelors and Ph.D. recipients since 1989, as well as…

Intended for students considering academic careers, beginning faculty, and professionals considering a return to academia as professors, this book provides a comprehensive guide to teaching at schools of science and engineering. The three chapters of Part 1 examine the unique characteristics of higher education, the place of science and…

Describes history and accomplishments of the Gerontological Society of America's (GSA) Fellowship Program in Applied Gerontology, which places postdoctoral academic gerontologists for three months in agencies and organizations that plan to deliver services to older people. Notes this is one way the GSA encourages policymakers and program directors…

Presents subset findings of a survey monitoring the flow of students from graduate studies through postdoctoral positions and into permanent professional positions. Findings indicate that the traditional career path continues to describe the first professional position for most physiology Ph.D. recipients but does not match the activities of a…

Purpose: This paper aims to identify the documented effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on early career researcher (ECR) activity, development, career prospects and well-being. Design/methodology/approach: This is a systematic literature review of English language peer-reviewed studies published between 2020 and 2021, which provided empirical…

Purpose: PhD graduates are increasingly taking non-academic roles outside and inside universities. While effective communication is a frequently mentioned concern among employers, little is known about what actual communication PhD graduates do as part of their work. The purpose of this study is to examine the nature of work-related communication…

A survey of 136 general practice dental residency directors and 52 advanced education in general dentistry program directors investigated the extent to which program graduates possessed 85 different competencies, and their need for those competencies at graduation. More agreement than disagreement was found, but with considerable variation…

This report discusses trends in the physics academic workforce and the implications of these trends for the future academic job market. In March 2000, a survey was sent to 766 U.S. physics departments that grant at least a bachelor's degree in physics, and 725 responses were received, a response rate of 95%. Degree-granting physics departments in…

This study documents the employment patterns and demographic characteristics of recent PhDs in earth and space science. It summarizes the latest annual survey of recent earth and space science PhDs conducted by the American Geological Institute, the American Geophysical Union, and the Statistical Research Center of the American Institute of…

This review of the literature offers a description of college faculty in the United States: their training, responsibilities, duties, career ladders, demographics, salaries, pressures, and current political issues. The section on training describes the doctoral degree generally, assistantship programs, post-doctoral positions, and the supply of…

A LIST OF 643 VACANCIES IN 265 COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH IS ARRANGED ALPHABETICALLY BY STATE. EACH ENTRY LISTS NAME OF THE INSTITUTION, POSITION AVAILABLE, WORK LOAD, SALARY, AND OTHER BENEFITS. THIS ISSUE ALSO CONTAINS SUGGESTIONS ABOUT APPLYING FOR POSITIONS AND LISTS SOURCES OF INFORMATION ABOUT INSTITUTIONS, TEACHING…

This report profiles the demographic and employment characteristics of doctorate-level scientists and engineers in the United States. The data presented were collected through the 1995 Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR). The purpose of the SDR is to estimate the number of people holding research doctorates from U.S. institutions in science and…