Science & Engineering Workforce

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>From: fyi@xxxxxxx
>Date: November 15, 2004 11:31:13 AM EST
>Subject: FYI #146: S&E Workforce
>Reply-To: fyi@xxxxxxx
>
>FYI
>The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy News
>Number 146: November 15, 2004
>
>NSF InfoBrief Examines Aspects of the S&E Workforce
>
>NSF's Science Resources Statistics Division (SRS) collects
>information on many aspects of the U.S. science and engineering
>(S&E) workforce, including ethnicity, gender, occupational group and
>highest degree earned, from high school diploma to PhD.  An
>"InfoBrief" issued by SRS in August examines "the occupational and
>demographic characteristics of individuals who have been successful
>in obtaining employment in S&E occupations with the academic
>credentials of an associate's degree or a high school diploma."
>
>"The S&E workforce of the United States depends heavily on graduates
>with at least a 4-year college education; however, individuals
>employed in S&E occupations with associate's degrees and high school
>diplomas represent a significant portion of this workforce and
>account for over one-fifth of all persons employed in U.S. science
>and engineering occupations," the InfoBrief states.
>
>SRS looked at the over four million individuals who, as of April
>2003, were participants in the S&E workforce and had at least a high
>school education.  Of those individuals, 7 percent reported a
>doctorate as the highest level of educational attainment, 22 percent
>reported a master's, 48 percent reported a bachelor's, 2 percent
>reported a professional degree, 17 percent reported an associate's
>degree, and 5 percent reported a high school diploma.
>
>According to the InfoBrief, a higher percentage of individuals with
>less than a bachelor's degree are employed in computer and
>mathematical sciences and engineering occupations than in the life
>sciences, physical sciences, and social sciences.  "Approximately 40
>percent of all individuals employed in computer and math science
>occupations and 20 percent of all individuals employed in
>engineering occupations have no higher than an associate's degree,"
>it says, while the life, physical and social science occupational
>groups "have substantially smaller proportions (10 percent or less)
>of individuals with less than a bachelor's degree education."
>
>The InfoBrief also found that "the proportion of individuals
>employed in S&E occupations with less than a bachelor's degree
>education is similar for men and women - slightly more than
>one-fifth.  This ratio does not vary widely across S&D occupations:
>whether employed in science occupations or engineering occupations,
>women are as likely as men to have less than a bachelor's degree
>education."  It continues, "The percentage of those with less than a
>bachelor's degree education in all S&E occupations combined varies
>by race/ethnicity, ranging from 6 percent for Asian/Pacific
>Islanders to 34 percent for blacks and 37 percent for Hispanics."
>
>This InfoBrief is entitled "More Than One-fifth of All Individuals
>Employed in Science and Engineering Occupations Have Less Than a
>Bachelor's Degree Education," (NSF04-333).  It is available, along
>with other NSF InfoBriefs, at
>http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/infbrief/ib.htm.
>
>###############
>Audrey T. Leath
>Media and Government Relations Division
>The American Institute of Physics
>fyi@xxxxxxx  www.aip.org/gov
>(301) 209-3094
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