1 / 18

Social Sciences and the Humanities Data in the United States

National Science Foundation. Division of Science Resources Statistics. Social Sciences and the Humanities Data in the United States. Dr. Lynda T. Carlson European Science Foundation/ International Social Science Council September 14, 2010 National Science Foundation

ami
Download Presentation

Social Sciences and the Humanities Data in the United States

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Social Sciences and the Humanities Data in the United States Dr. Lynda T. Carlson European Science Foundation/ International Social Science Council September 14, 2010 National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics www.nsf.gov/statistics/

  2. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Division of Science Resources Statistics The Division of Science Resources Statistics (SRS) fulfills the legislative mandate of the National Science Foundation Act to . . . provide a central clearinghouse for the collection, interpretation, and analysis of data on scientific and engineering resources, and to provide a source of information for policy formulation by other agencies of the Federal Government...

  3. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Longstanding Government Support for the Social Sciences “My emphasis has been on the physical and biological sciences… But the social sciences and related fields are at least as important in the present stage of human affairs. The social sciences offer us better ways of organizing our lives… [and] will enable us to escape from those habits and thoughts which have resulted in so much strife and tragedy.” President Harry S. Truman Address to the AAAS – 1948

  4. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics SRS Surveys Including SSH R&D Data (1) • No national estimates of SSH R&D Expenditures • No national R&D estimates for any individual field • Survey of Federal Government agencies’ R&D support – collects data on government research support (total and to universities only) by discipline (including for social sciences and psychology; not for humanities) • Very little social science sub-discipline detail – most of the social science total is reported as social sciences, not elsewhere classified (nec) • No Federal Government SSH R&D performance data collected

  5. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics SRS Surveys Including SSH R&D Data (2) • New Business R&D and Innovation Survey added question on social sciences R&D performance (“the application of scientific methods to the study of human aspects of the world, including such disciplines as economics and psychology”) • Intended to exclude market research expenditures • Survey of R&D Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (redesigned Higher Education Survey Support) – historically collects social science and psychology R&D performance, by funding source • Expanded to collect R&D data on humanities and other non-S&E fields, such as education, law and business • FY 2010 collection will be fielded to all academic institutions – previously collected R&D only from institutions that performed science and engineering R&D

  6. Total U.S. R&D $400 billion University R&D $53.4 billion University SSH R&D $5.2 billion Humanities, Education, other SSH 4.1% Life Sciences (including Ag, Med, Bio) 57.6% Industry 72.3% Universities 13.4% Sciences, nec 1.9% Federal funding 44.7% Federal 10.4% Social Sciences & Psychology 5.3% Nonfederal funding 55.3% Natural Sciences (excluding Bio) 16.3% Engineering 14.7% Nonprofit 3.9% Notes: Data are R&D expenditures as reported by the R&D performers. Because of rounding, details may not sum to totals. Source: NSF/SRS, National Patterns of R&D Resources, adjusted to include university SSH National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics 2008 U.S. R&D Performance

  7. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics SRS Surveys Including SSH for Education and Workforce Data • Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) • Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) • SESTAT (Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System 3 component surveys) • Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) • National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) • National Survey of Recent College Graduates (NSRCG)

  8. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS) • Annual census (conducted since 1966) of U.S. academic institutions awarding graduate degrees in science, engineering and health fields • GSS data include: • Graduate enrollment: citizenship, race/ethnicity, sex, fields of study, full-time status, first-time enrollments, primary source and mechanism of support • Postdoctoral appointees: citizenship, sex, fields of study, primary source of support by mechanism, professional medical doctorates • Non-faculty doctoral researchers: sex, professional medical doctorates

  9. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics GSS Graduate Enrollment for SSH • Total of 631,489 graduate students enrolled in science, engineering and health (SEH) in 579 institutions, fall 2008 • Communication • 8,444 graduate students enrolled in fall 2008 • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences • 3,549 graduate students enrolled in fall 2008 • Psychology • 58,991 graduate students enrolled in fall 2008 • 3 sub-fields (Psychology, except clinical and general, is largest) • Social Sciences • 103,384 graduate students enrolled in fall 2008 • 10 sub-fields (Political science is the largest)

  10. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Graduate Students Enrolled in SSH, 2008 GSS • Note: Total of 631,489 graduate students enrolled in SEH, GSS 2008. • SOURCE:  National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2008.

  11. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics GSS Postdoctoral Appointees (Postdocs) in SSH • Total of 54,164 postdocs in SEH, fall 2008 • Communication • 32 in fall 2008 • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences • 19 in fall 2008 • Psychology • 1,077 in fall 2008 • Social Sciences • 508 in fall 2008

  12. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Postdocs in SSH, 2008 GSS Note: Total of 54,164 postdocs in SEH, GSS 2008. SOURCE:  National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering, 2008.

  13. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) • Annual census (conducted since 1957-1958) of all individuals receiving research doctorates from accredited U.S. institutions • SED data include: • Educational history: degrees, fields of study, financial support, debt, time-to-degree • Post-graduation plans: employment vs. post-doc, employment sector, salary, location, primary/secondary work activity • Background: race/ethnicity, gender, citizenship, marital status, dependents, parents’ education

  14. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics SED Research Doctorate Recipients in SSH • Total of 49,562 research doctorate recipients in 21 institutions, 2009 • Psychology • 3,471 doctorates awarded in 2009 • 17 sub-fields (clinical psychology is largest) • Social Sciences • 4,365 doctorates awarded in 2009 • 18 sub-fields (economics, political science, and sociology are 3 largest) • Humanities • 4,899 doctorates awarded in 2009 • Includes 4 groups of Humanities fields: • Foreign languages & literature (10 sub-fields; French is largest) • History (9 sub-fields; American history is largest) • Letters (10 sub-fields; English literature is largest) • Other humanities (14 sub-fields; philosophy is largest)

  15. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics SSH Research Doctorates Awarded, SED 2009 • Note: Total of 49,562 research doctorate recipients , SED 2009. • SOURCE:  National Science Foundation/Division of Science Resources Statistics, Survey of Earned Doctorates, 2009.

  16. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics Scientists and Engineers Statistical Data System (SESTAT) • Three biennial sample surveys of individuals • National Survey of College Graduates (NSCG) • National Survey of Recent College Graduates (RCG) • Survey of Doctorate Recipients (SDR) • Data from all three surveys integrated into SESTAT, a comprehensive data base • Data on education and employment, work activities, demographic characteristics

  17. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics • S&E Degree Fields • Computer & math sciences • Biological, agricultural and environmental life sciences • Physical sciences • Social sciences • Engineering • S&E-Related Degree Fields* • Health • Science and math teacher education • Technology and technical fields • Other S&E-related fields • S&E Occupations • Computer & math scientists • Biological, agricultural and environmental life scientists • Physical sciences • Social sciences • Postsecondary teachers in S&E fields • S&E-Related Occupations* • Health • S&E managers • S&E Precollege teachers • Technologists and technicians in S&E • Other S&E-related occupations * Prior to 2003, all of these fields were considered ‘Non-S&E’, except health fields at the doctorate level

  18. National Science Foundation Division of Science Resources Statistics

More Related