The Pipeline and Tree: Towards a New Paradigm for Education, Training and Career Paths in the Natural Sciences, Human Frontier Science Program and European Science Foundation. Meeting Report Nov. 2001.
Careers and Rewards in the Bio Sciences: The Disconnect Between Scientific Progress and Career Progression, Richard B. Freeman, Eric Weinstein, Elizabeth Marincola, Janet Rosenbaum and Frank Solomon, August 2001.
Trends in the Careers of Life Scientists, Committee on Dimensions, Causes, and Implications of Recent Trends in the Careers of Life Scientists, National Academy Press 1998.
What Follows the Postdoctorate Experience? Employment Patterns of 1993 Postdocs in 1995, NSF Brief 99-307, November 1998.
Postdocs and Career Prospects: A Status Report, Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), June 1997. Results of a study which examines postdoctoral appointments, both permanent and temporary. The study reports on opportunities for employment, the best time to find employment and the recent trends in transitioning to the work force. (Must purchase report).
Best & Brightest: Education and Career Paths of Top Scientists and Engineering Students Commission on Professionals in Science and Technology (CPST), October 1997. A study which examines what career fields promising students are choosing and why. The report focuses on whether science and engineering disciplines are attracting a larger or smaller share of these promising students than in the past. Data were analyzed all along the educational pipeline from the choices of high school graduates, through college and graduate/professional schools, and out into the labor force. (Must purchase report.)
