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LIVERMORE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation has announced its annual, 2011 Thesis Prize, given this year to three Hertz Fellows for most outstanding doctoral dissertations. The Thesis Prize includes honorariums of $5000 for each Hertz Fellow and $1000 for each of the Fellows' graduate and undergraduate advisors. Winners include: Anna Bershteyn, PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, MIT. Thesis: "Lipid-coated micro- and nanoparticles as...

Data released today by the National Science Foundation show the recent economic recession had less effect on doctoral degree holders in science, engineering and health (SEH) fields than it did on the general population.According to a new NSF report, the unemployment rate in October 2008 for SEH doctorate recipients was 1.7 percent, whereas the unemployment rate for the total U.S. labor force was 6.6 percent.The report, "Unemployment Among Doctoral Scientists and Engineers Remained...

Summary report, "Doctorate Recipients from United States Universities: 2009" is available onlineA new report recently released by the National Science Foundation, titled "Doctorate Recipients from U.S. Universities: 2009," presents a statistical overview of the U.S. doctoral education system in snapshots and long-term trends.It notes the American system of doctoral education is widely considered the world's best, as evidenced by the large number of international students...

Indicators of employment outcomes mixedU.S. academic institutions awarded 49,562 research doctorate degrees in 2009, the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation's Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED), and a 1.6 percent increase over 2008's total of 48,802.The SED is an annual census of all individuals who receive a research doctorate from a U.S. academic institution in an academic year, which is July 1 through June 30 of the following year. The 2009 census covered...

U.S. academic institutions awarded 48,802 research doctorate degrees in 2008, the sixth consecutive annual increase in U.S. doctoral awards and the highest number ever reported by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Survey of Earned Doctorates.The total number of doctorates increased 1.4 percent over 2007's total of 48,112, which was the smallest annual increase during the last six years. NSF's Science Resources Statistics division compiled the survey results.The Survey of Earned...

A new National Science Foundation report shows an increase in the number of academic degrees awarded to minority students since 2004, the last time such data were published.The report, Science and Engineering Degrees by Race/Ethnicity: 1997-2006, developed by the Science Resources Statistics division of NSF's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate shows more degrees awarded to minorities in nearly all categories.Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents who earned bachelor's...

By Wasburn-Moses, Leah Despite the growing demand for professionals with doctoral degrees in special education, doctoral programs are not producing enough graduates to fulfill this need. Although large attrition rates exist in doctoral study across discipline, very little is known about the attrition or satisfaction of doctoral students in special education. This article reports the results of a nationwide satisfaction survey of 619 students from 78 doctoral programs. Findings indicate that...

By Yohei Takei, The Yomiuri Shimbun Jul. 27--A growing number of young people are finding that academic achievement is no guarantee of career success, with many doctorate holders unable to get the jobs they want. According to research by the Education, Science and Technology Ministry, of 16,801 doctoral graduates who completed courses in March last year, 4,146, or about 25 percent, could not find permanent jobs. The figure is even higher if only those able to secure part-time or...

A growing number of young people are finding that academic achievement is no guarantee of career success, with many doctorate holders unable to get the jobs they want. According to research by the Education, Science and Technology Ministry, of 16,801 doctoral graduates who completed courses in March last year, 4,146, or about 25 percent, could not find permanent jobs. The figure is even higher if only those able to secure part-time or temporary positions is included. The problem is...

By Jacob Longan, Stillwater NewsPress, Okla. Jul. 24--Cara Cowan Watts has a list of achievements. She has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's in telecommunications management. She represents District 7 on the Cherokee Nation Tribal Council. She spent five years as a telecommunications engineer for Wiltel Communications and was a mechanical engineer for Hewlett-Packard for almost two years. But reached by e-mail, Cowan Watts wrote she would not have had the...