Measuring the Science and Engineering Enterprise

Priorities for the Division of Science Resources Studies

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• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Year: 2000
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9780309183574
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

The science and engineering enterprise has continued to evolve, responding over the last decade to increased economic globalization, a post-cold war military, federal budget fluctuations, and structural changes in the way science and engineering are conducted and innovations are adopted. This report suggests ways to revise the data collection activities of the Science Resources Studies Division (SRS) of the National Science Foundation to better capture the current realities of R&D funding and S&E human resources. The reports recommendations would improve the relevance of the data on graduate education, the labor market for scientists and engineers, and the funding and conduct of research and development, and thus better meet the data needs of policymakers, managers, and researchers.

Table of contents

• COVER PAGE
• THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
• Committee to Assess the Portfolio Of the Science Resources Studies Division of NSF
• Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel 1998-1999 Advisory Committee
• Committee on National Statistics 1998-1999
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• CONTENTS
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• List of Boxes
• Abbreviations in the Report
• EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• PART I— SRS AS A STATISTICAL AGENCY
• PART II— RELEVANT DATA FOR ISSUES IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING RESOURCES
• REFERENCES
• APPENDIX A— INTERVIEW AND FOCUS GROUP GUIDES
• APPENDIX B— WORKSHOP AGENDA
• APPENDIX C— SURVEYING THE NATION’S SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS RECOMMENDATIONS
• APPENDIX D— ALTERNATIVE SAMPLING FRAMES FOR SRS PERSONNEL SURVEYS
• APPENDIX E— BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS