In 2001, almost 575,000 men and women who had earned doctoral degrees in the United States were employed full-or part-time in science and engineering—up more than 18 percent from 1995, according to a new National Science Foundation (NSF) survey.
Inflation-adjusted salaries in government and industry grew by 10 percent during the 6 years, but by only 4 percent in academia, according to Thomas B.
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