Fwd: [>Htech] IP: ALL THE GRADUATE STUDENTS GONE? (fwd)

From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Jul 31 2002 - 21:13:38 MDT


Yikes!

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> Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:01:33 -0400
> From: Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>
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> Subject: IP: ALL THE GRADUATE STUDENTS GONE?
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> WHERE HAVE ALL THE GRADUATE STUDENTS GONE?
> Commentary from The Christian Science Monitor
>
> PASADENA, CALIF. – Is it just me, or are things getting kind of quiet
> around here? For several years now, a complaint has been heard in the
> hallways of our top universities: where have all the graduate students
> gone? Every year, there seem to be fewer and fewer qualified students
> applying for positions in science and engineering doctoral programs.
>
> The problem is far from anecdotal. Now, with statistics compiled by the
> National Science Foundation, professional science organizations, and the
> federal government, it's official. Prospective students are turning away
> from careers in science. Since a peak in the early 1990s, the number of
> science and engineering students has tanked. In some fields, the
> decrease
> has been as much as 5 percent per year, according to a study published
> by
> the National Science Foundation. In electrical engineering, enrollments
> have dropped nearly 30 percent in the last 10 years. Overall, the
> number of
> Ph.D. students in science and engineering is at a 40-year low, and
> there is
> little sign of a turnaround.
>
> This trend has sent academic departments and education experts
> scurrying.
> Graduate students are the lifeblood of research universities, working in
> the trenches to produce the discoveries that lead to publications, as
> well
> as shouldering much of the teaching load. The top dozen or so American
> universities may have to admit students they don't feel are up to their
> standards, but for other universities, the problem is far more acute.
> <http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0725/p25s01-cogn.html>
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Harvey Newstrom, CISSP		<www.HarveyNewstrom.com>
Principal Security Consultant	<www.Newstaff.com>


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