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3 Measuring Human Capital
Pages 15-19

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From page 15...
... SESTAT collects information from three biennial sample surveys of individuals: the National Survey of College Graduates; the National Survey of Recent College Graduates, and the Survey of Doctorate Recipients. At the Census Bureau, a 2009 change to the American Community Survey added a "field of bachelor's degree" question, which had been recommended by the National Research Council (2008)
From page 16...
... NCSES has also published an InfoBrief on foreign science and engineering students who are enrolled in schools in the United States.5 Currently, NCSES publications do not include statistics on how many U.S. employees in science and engineering occupations were trained in a specific foreign country.
From page 17...
... In which fields is the United States a net exporter of knowledge? The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 calls for NCSES to provide information on STEM education.
From page 18...
... NCSES already has several activities under way or planned to update its portfolio on education and workforce statistics. For instance, NCSES is rethinking the collection of data on the science and engineering workforce as the National Survey of College Graduates transitions to a sampling frame completely built from the American Community Survey; it is also implementing the International Survey of Doctoral Recipients and integrating it into the Survey of Doctoral Recipients; and it is developing an Early Career Doctorate Project and considering new statistics on earnings of STI workers as a potential new indicator.
From page 19...
... The agency should also use its own data resources, especially the Business Research and Development and Innovation Survey, for new employment measures.


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