Table of Contents
Chapters
- Science and Technology
in Times of Transition: the 1940s and 1990s
- U.S. and International
Research and Development: Funds and Alliances
- Science and Engineering
Workforce
- Higher Education in Science
and Engineering
- Elementary and Secondary
Education
- Academic Research and
Development: Financial and Personnel Resources, Support for Graduate Education,
and Outputs
- Industry, Technology,
and the Global Marketplace
- Science and Technology:
Public Attitudes and Public Understanding
- Significance of Information
Technologies
Chapter 1: Science and Technology in Times of Transition: the 1940s and 1990s
- Introduction
- Highlights of the First Time of Transition: 1945--51
- Early Visions/Key Policy Documents
- Monitoring the Condition of the Science and Engineering Enterprise
- Presidential Statements
- Current Visions/Key Policy Documents
- Advances in Science and Engineering
- Enduring Themes: Continuity and Change
- Current Emerging Themes
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 2: U.S. and International Research and Development: Funds and Alliances
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Economic Measures of R&D
- Trends in Financial Support for R&D
- Trends in R&D Performance
- Industrial R&D Performance
- Performance by Geographic Location, Character of Work, and Field of Science
- Inter-Sector and Intra-Sector Domestic Partnerships and Alliances
- International Comparisons of National R&D Trends
- International R&D by Performer, Source, and Character of Work
- International Comparisons of Government R&D Priorities
- International Public- and Private-Sector R&D and Technology Cooperation
- International Industrial R&D Investment Growth
- Trends in U.S. Industry's Overseas R&D
- Foreign R&D in the United States
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 3: Science and Engineering Workforce
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Selected Characteristics of the S&E Workforce
- Women and Minorities in S&E
- Labor Market Conditions for Recent S&E Degree-Holders
- Projected Demand for S&E Workers
- Foreign-Born Scientists and Engineers in the United States
- International R&D Employment
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 4: Higher Education in Science
and Engineering
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Characteristics of U.S. Higher Education Institutions
- Undergraduate S&E Students and Degrees in the United States
- International Comparison of First University Degrees in S&E
- Graduate S&E Students and Degrees in the United States
- International Comparison of Doctoral Degrees in S&E
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- Diversity Patterns in S&E Enrollment and Degrees in the United States
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 5: Elementary and Secondary
Education
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Student Achievement
- Curriculum and Instruction
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 6: Academic Research and
Development: Financial and Personnel Resources, Support for Graduate Education,
and Outputs
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Financial Resources for Academic R&D
- Academic Doctoral Scientists and Engineers
- Financial Support for S&E Graduate Education
- Outputs of Scientific and Engineering Research: Articles
and Patents
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 7: Industry, Technology, and the Global Marketplace
- Highlights
- Introduction
- U.S. Technology in the Marketplace
- International Trends in Industrial R&D
- Patented Inventions
- Venture Capital and High-Technology Enterprise
- Summary: Assessment of U.S. Technological Competitiveness
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 8: Science and Technology: Public Attitudes and Public Understanding
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Interest in-and Knowledge about-Science and Technology
- Public Attitudes Toward Science and Technology
- Use of Computers and Computer Technology in the United
States
- The Relationship Between Science and the Media: Communicating
with the Public
- Belief in the Paranormal or Pseudoscience
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
Chapter 9: Significance of Information
Technologies
- Highlights
- Introduction
- Information Technology Over the Past 50 Years
- IT and the Economy
- IT and Education
- IT, Research, and Knowledge Creation
- IT and the Citizen
- Conclusion
- Selected Bibliography
Appendices
- Appendix A: Contributors and Reviewers
- Appendix B: Index (Available
in PDF version. 356K)
- Volume 2 - Appendix Tables
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