Climbing the Ladder An Update on the Status of Doctoral Women Scientists and Engineers (1983) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:
CHAPTER 3 POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
CHAPTER 3 POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
Pages 31-40
The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.
From page 31... ...
Doctorate Records File, National Research Council iNational Research Council, Postdoctoral Appointments and Disappointmeets, (National Academy Press)
|
From page 32... ...
For both sexes, there has been very little change since 1977 in the fraction taking postdocs except for a drop in chemistry. Reason for taking a postdoctoral appointment Both men and women report that their primary reason for taking a postdoc is to gain additional research experience in their field of Ph.D.
|
From page 33... ...
TABLE 3.1 Number and percent of 1977 and 1981 science and engineering doctorates planning postdoctoral appointments by field and sex Field of doctorate Women Number % Total Planning Planning Total Men Number % planning Planning doctorates postdoc postdoc doctorates postdoc postdoc 1977 Mathematics128129%83191 11 Physics6433521,085499 46 Chemistry18092511,390639 46 Earth sciences592237632158 25 Engineering7412162,567385 15 Agricultural sci.631321861112 13 Medical sciences1656137506202 40 Biological sci.729452622,4431,417 58 Psychology1,081162151,879301 16 Social sciences7495972,795152 5 1981 Mathematics112 98%616105 17 Physics73 3447942424 45 Chemistry235 87371,376537 39 Earth sciences56 1425526158 30 Engineering99 13132,429316 13 Agricultural sci.147 25171,003130 13 Medical sci.310 9932604284 47 Biological sci.986 651662,4111,543 64 Psychology1,472 265181,885320 17 Social sciences843 5862,305164 7 SOURCE: Syverson, 1978, pp.
|
From page 34... ...
41 198 8 24 Men (n = 200) 43 199 11 20 SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council a Respondents were asked to check the primary reason.
|
From page 35... ...
TABLE 3.3 Status-of postdoctoral appointment at time of receipt of Ph.D., by field and sex, 1980 science and engineering Ph.D.s Number % With % Still planning definite seeking Field of postdoctoral appointment appointment doctorateWomenMen Women Men Women Men Physics 34 443 70% 80% 30% 20% Chemistry 115 524 76 77 24 23 Earth sciences 22 165 77 81 23 19 Agricultural sciences 25 149 72 59 28 41 Medical sciences 93 273 81 84 19 16 Biological sciences 621 1,559 80 81 20 19 Psychology 223 294 72 75 28 25 Social sciences 80 147 62 63 38 37 Shown are fields with more than 20 women planning postdoctoral appointments. SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council 3.5
|
From page 36... ...
In a survey of 1978 Ph.D.s who were postdocs, as many as 70 percent of the married women cited geographic limitations as an "important factor" in their taking a postdoctoral appointments Geographic constraints were also a deciding factor for 33 percent of the single women and about 25 percent of the men postdoctorate (Table 3.51. Host institutions Similar proportions of men and women postdocs with new awards in 1980 were accepted at major research universities.
|
From page 37... ...
Estimates with sampling errors of 5 or more percentage points are reported in parentheses. SOURCE: National Research Council, 1981, p.
|
From page 38... ...
SOURCE: National Research Council, 1981, p.
|
From page 39... ...
the institutions, see Appendix C SOURCE: Doctorate Records File, National Research Council 3.9 For a listing of
|
From page 40... ...
SOURCE: Survey of Doctorate Recipients, National Research Council invisible University (1969) and Climbing the Academic Ladder.
|
Key Terms
This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More
information on Chapter Skim is available.