The careers of 10,000 holders of third-level research degrees (PhD, ScD, or EdD but not MD, DVM, or DDS), hereinafter abbreviated as PhD's, systematically selected from the graduating classes of 1935, 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955, and 1960 were examined in some detail in a report entitled Profiles of Ph.D's in the Sciences, published in 1965. These same careers are examined here in more detail, with respect to factors associated with choice of employment in academic or other settings. Particular attention was focused on circumstances surrounding a change in employer category.

Contents

• Memorandum
• Highlights
• Preface
• Introduction
• CHAPTER I. Patterns of Employment Experience
  • Time Trends
  • Careers in Academe–And Elsewhere
  • Summary of Chapter I
• CHAPTER II. Rank and Salary
  • The Academic Ladder
  • Salaries
  • Summary of Chapter II
• CHAPTER III. Correlates of Employment Change
  • Support for Graduate Education
  • Functional Time Distribution by Employer Category
  • Hours Worked per Week
  • Changes in Field of Specialization
  • Geographic Migration
  • Summary of Chapter III
• CHAPTER IV. Careers of Women
  • The Sample
  • Graduate School Support for Women
  • Women with Postdoctoral Fellowships
  • Research Support on Present Job
  • Women and the Academic Ladder
  • Functional Time Distribution for Women
  • Salaries of Women
  • Summary of Chapter IV
• Appendixes
  • APPENDIX A. Calculation of Sample Weights
  • APPENDIX B. Variation among Experience Groups on Predoctoral Variables
  • APPENDIX C. Further Information on Career Patterns

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