Links to Additional Information
Note: The links below are to information resources hosted by organizations outside NSF.
Links were correct at the time of release but may no longer be active as a result of changes at the referenced organization's Web site.
Population Estimates and Projections
- Statistical Abstract of the United States (tables 5–11).
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/ - National population estimates by age, sex, and race/ethnicity: 2007
- By sex and race/ethnicity:
http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2007-srh.html - By age and sex:
http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2007-sa.html - By age and race/ethnicity:
http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/NC-EST2007-asrh.html
- By sex and race/ethnicity:
Precollege Education
Precollege Mathematics and Science Achievement
- National Center for Education Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), The Nation's Report Card.
- National Center for Education Statistics, National Indian Education Study. http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nies/
High School Science and Mathematics Coursetaking
- The College Board, Advanced Placement Program, State and National Summary Reports. http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/exgrd_sum/2007.html
- Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), State Indicators of Science and Mathematics Education. http://www.ccsso.org/projects/Science_and_Mathematics_Education_Indicators/
- National Center for Education Statistics, Advanced Mathematics and Science Coursetaking in the Spring High School Senior Classes of 1982, 1992, and 2004. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007312
- National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
- National Center for Education Statistics, Trends Among High School Seniors, 1972–2004. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008320
Students with Disabilities
- National Center for Education Statistics, Demographic and School Characteristics of Students Receiving Special Education in the Elementary Grades. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2007005
- U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs' Annual Report to Congress. http://www.ideadata.org/
Mathematics and Science Teachers
- National Center for Education Statistics, Attrition of Public School Mathematics and Science Teachers. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008077
- National Center for Education Statistics, Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts, by State: School Year. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pub_snf_report.asp
- National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (elementary and secondary education). http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/sass/
- National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics of Schools, Districts, Teachers, Principals, and School Libraries in the United States: 2003–04 Schools and Staffing Survey. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2006313
Parent Involvement
- National Center for Education Statistics, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: 2002–03. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005043
Number of Students
- National Center for Education Statistics, Public School Student, Staff, and Graduate Counts, by State: School Year. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pub_snf_report.asp
Computer Use
- National Center for Education Statistics, Internet Access in U.S. Public Schools and Classrooms: 1994–2003. http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/frss/publications/2005015/
- National Center for Education Statistics, Rates of Computer and Internet Use by Children in Nursery School and Students in Kindergarten Through Twelfth Grade: 2003. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005111
High School Completion
- National Center for Education Statistics, Public High School Dropouts and Completers From the Common Core of Data. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/pub_dropouts.asp
- National Center for Education Statistics, The Condition of Education. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/
Undergraduate Education
- Higher Education Research Institute (HERI), University of California at Los Angeles, The American Freshman: National Norms. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/cirpoverview.php
- National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
Educational Persistence and Attainment
- National Center for Education Statistics, Digest of Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/
- U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey, Educational Attainment Data. http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/educ-attn.html
Minority Education
- American Council on Education, Minorities in Higher Education 2007 supplement. http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=CAREE&TEMPLATE=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&CONTENTID=23741
- College Board, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders—Facts, Not Fiction: Setting the Record Straight. http://professionals.collegeboard.com/profdownload/08-0608-AAPI.pdf
- National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008156
- National Center for Education Statistics, Status and Trends in the Education of Racial and Ethnic Minorities. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2007/minoritytrends/
Parent Expectations
- National Center for Education Statistics, Parent Expectations and Planning for College. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008079
Students With Disabilities
- National Center for Education Statistics, An Institutional Perspective on Students With Disabilities in Postsecondary Education. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=1999046
- National Center for Education Statistics, Postsecondary Students with Disabilities: Enrollment, Services, and Persistence. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2000092
Minority-Serving Institutions
- National Center for Education Statistics, Characteristics of Minority-Serving Institutions and Minority Undergraduates Enrolled in These Institutions. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2008156
International Participation in S&E
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Education at a Glance (annual) contains data on education by sex and country.
http://www.oecd.org/document/30/0,3343,en_2825_495609_39251550_1_1_1_1,00.html
Employment and Faculty
- National Center for Education Statistics, 2004 National Study of Postsecondary Faculty (NSOPF:04) Report on Faculty and Instructional Staff in Fall 2003. http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2005172
- Nelson, D. J.,
The Nelson Diversity Surveys (tables with number of faculty, by sex, race/ethnicity, and rank at top 50 institutions, by field).
http://cheminfo.ou.edu/~djn/diversity/top50.html - RAND Corporation, Gender Differences in Major Federal External Grant Programs. http://www.rand.org/publications/TR/TR307/
- University of California, Los Angeles, Higher Education Research Institute, Faculty Survey. http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/faculty.html
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, Depression among Adults Employed Full-Time, by Occupational Category. http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k7/depression/occupation.pdf
- U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Federal employment statistics, by occupational group, sex, race/ethnicity, and disability status. http://www.opm.gov/feddata/index.asp
Science and Engineering Fields
- All fields
Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology.
http://www.cpst.org - Chemistry
American Chemical Society.
http://portal.acs.org/portal/acs/corg/content?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=PP_TRANSITIONMAIN&node_id=1116
&use_sec=false&sec_url_var=region1 - Computer science
Computing Research Association.
http://www.cra.org/main/cra.info.html - Engineering
American Society for Engineering Education.
http://www.asee.org/colleges - Engineering Workforce Commission.
http://www.ewc-online.org/ - Geosciences
American Geological Institute.
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/careers/stats/demograp.html - Mathematics
American Mathematical Society.
http://www.ams.org/employment/surveyreports.html - Physics
American Institute of Physics.
http://www.aip.org/statistics - Political science
American Political Science Association.
http://www.apsanet.org/section_416.cfm - Psychology
American Psychological Association.
http://research.apa.org - Sociology
American Sociological Association.
http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/careers_and_jobs/careers_and_jobs_home