Index, Year 2007
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[A]   [B]   [C]   [D]   [E]   [F]   [G]   [H]    [I]    [J]    [K]   [L]   [M]   [N]   [O]   [P]   [Q]   [R]   [S]   [T]   [U]   [V]   [W]   [X]   [Y]   [Z]

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Academia,
    Women in 4,25
    Women Chemists in 1,17
Academic
    Achievement 2,37
    Medicine, Women and Minorities in 3,18
    R&D 3,6; 6,39
        Industrial Funding of 2,11
    Success of Asians 6,23
Achievement in Mathematics 4,38
ACT Scores 5,33
Admissions
    Policies 5,24
    Graduate 3,29; 5,32
Aerospace Engineering 6,28
    Enrollment 5,28
    Salaries in 2,13
Affirmative Action 5,24
Affordability of Higher Education 4,34
African Americans
    ACT Scores 5,33
    Baccalaureates 4,16
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    Degrees Earned by 6,29
    Doctorates 1,20
    in Engineering
        Degrees 1,38
        Enrollment 5,28
        Faculty 5,19
    Enrollment in Higher Education 3,25
    Graduate Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    Lifetime Earnings 5,14
    in Mathematics 1,5
    SAT Scores 5,35
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
    in Sociology 2,26
    U.S. Population 4,21
Age, U.S. Population by 4,21
Aging Workforce 3,1
Agricultural Sciences
    Degrees in 4,29
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
American Indians (see Native Americans)
AP Exams 1,42
Applications
    to Graduate School 3,29
    to Medical Schools 6,30
Asians
    ACT Scores 5,33
    and Academic Success 6,23
    Degrees Earned by 6,29
    in Engineering
        Degrees 1,38
        Enrollment 5,28
        Faculty 5,19
    Enrollment in Higher Education 3,25
    Graduate Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    in Mathematics 1,5
    SAT Scores 5,35
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
    U.S. Population 4,21
Assessment, NAEP 2,34
Astronomy
    Education and Employment in 4,27
    Employment in 2,5
Attributes of Job Candidates 1,1
Attrition (see also Retention)
    in Ph.D. Programs 4,33

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Baby Boomers 4,5
Bachelor's Degrees (see also Degrees)
    in 2004-05 1,34
    in 2005-06 6,29
    in Astronomy 4,27
    Awarded to Minorities 4,16
    Awarded to Women 4,16
    in Computer Science 2,27
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    in Engineering 1,38; 2,12
    in Physics 2,32
    in Science and Engineering 1,31; 4,11; 4,29
    by Sex 5,10
    in Women's Studies 3,24
Barriers
    for Mexican Americans 2,23
    to Native Americans in Higher Education 3,22
Best
    Careers 1,11
    Cities for Jobs 2,8
    Graduate Schools 3,28
    Places for Life Scientists to Work 6,6
Bioengineering
    Degrees 5,26
    Employment 5,26
    Enrollment 5,28
Biological Sciences (see also Life Sciences)
    Degrees in 4,29
    Graduate Enrollment in 2,28
Blacks (see African Americans)

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Career
    Centers 3,2
    Paths of Women
        in Academia 4,25
        in Engineering 4,19
    in Science and Engineering 1,11
Chemical (see also Chemistry)
    Employment 1,4; 4,2
    Engineering
        Degrees 1,38
        Enrollment 5,28
        Salaries 5,11
        Starting Salaries 2,19
    Manufacturing Employment 1,4
Chemistry
    Degrees 5,38
    Enrollment 5,38
    Women in 1,17; 5,21
Chicano/a (see Hispanic)
Civil Engineering
    Enrollment 5,28
    Salaries 2,13
College (see also Higher Education) 3,25
    Administrators, Salaries of 2,18
    Choices of Hispanics 5,22
    Graduates, Employment of 1,3; 1,7; 5,6; 6,4
    Participation Rates 6,27
    Preparedness of High School Students 3,35
    Presidents 2,35
    Skill Set 1,9
Compensation (see Salaries)
Competitiveness, Role of Graduate Schools in 3,32
Completion Rates 1,36
    High School 4,36
    in Ph.D. Programs 4,33
Computer
    Engineering
        Degrees 1,38
        Doctorates in 3,3
        Enrollment 5,28
    Science (see also Information Technology)
        Degrees 4,29
            and Employment 2,27
        Doctorates in 3,3
        Faculty Salaries in 3,12
        Graduate Enrollment 2,28
        Starting Salaries 1,14; 3,8; 5,12; 6,15
Course-Taking in High School 2,34

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Debt of Graduating Seniors 6,36
Degree Production and Demand 3,26
Degrees
    in 2004-05 1,34
    in 2005-06 6,29
    in Aerospace Engineering 6,28
    in Chemistry 5,38
    in Computer Science 2,27
    in Engineering 1,38
    in Mathematics 1,30; 5,36; 6,34
    in Physics 2,5
    in Science and Engineering 4,11; 4,29
    in Women's Studies 3,24
Demographic Changes in the U.S. 2,2
Desegregation 5,25
Disabilities, Scientists and Engineers with 4,7
Doctoral Completion 4,33
Doctorates (see also Degrees)
    in 2004-05 1,34
    in 2005-06 6,29
    in Astronomy 4,27
    in Computer Science 2,27
        and Engineering 3,3
    in Engineering 1,38
    in Mathematics 1,5
    to Minority Women 1,19
    in Science and Engineering 1,12
    Temporary Residents 1,20
Dropout Rates 1,36; 4,36
Dropouts, High School 3,36

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Earth, Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
    Degrees in 4,29
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
Economic
    Benefits of Higher Education 3,22
    Growth, Effect of R&D on 6,10
Economics, Starting Salaries 1,14; 3,8
Education
    Overhaul 1,40
    Report Card 1,43
Educational
    Attainment 6,27
        and Earnings 5,15
        and Unemployment Rates 5,3
    Effectiveness 2,37
Electrical Engineering
    Degrees 1,38
    Enrollment 5,28
    Salaries 2,13
Employee Retention 1,8
Employment (see also Workforce)
    in 2007 5,7; 6,11
    in Aerospace Engineering 6,28
    in Astronomy 4,27
    Best Cities for Jobs 2,8
    in Bioengineering 5,26
    in Chemistry 1,4; 4,2
    in Computer Science 2,27
        and Engineering 3,3
    in Engineering 4,2
    upon Graduation 4,24
    Index 4,10
    in Information Technology 6,10
    and Job Satisfaction 2,4
    of Late Career Workers 3,1
    in Mathematics 1,5; 1,30
    of New College Graduates 1,3; 1,7; 3,2; 3,32
    of Nuclear Medicine Technologists 1,2
    by Occupation and Gender 6,22
    of Physics Graduates 2,5
    in Science and Engineering 3,7; 4,1; 6,1
    Trends 5,1
    U.S. 5,3
Engineering (see also specific engineering disciplines)
    Bachelor's Degrees 2,12
    Best Graduate Schools 3,28
    Curricula 2,39
    Degrees 1,38; 2,12; 4,29
    Employment 4,2
    Enrollment 5,28
    Faculty 5,19
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
    Literature Review of Women in 4,20
    Retention of Women in 6,20
    Salaries 2,13; 5,11; 6,13; 6,16
    Starting Salaries 1,14; 3,8; 5,12; 6,15
    Women in 4,19
Engineering Science Salaries 2,13
Engineers (see Engineering)
Enrollment
    in Chemistry 5,38
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    in Engineering 5,28
    in Graduate School 3,29
    in Higher Education 3,25
    of Hispanics in Higher Education 5,22
    of International Students 6,31; 6,33
    in Mathematics 5,36; 6,34
    in Medical Schools 2,31; 6,30
    of Minorities in Higher Education 6,27
    in Science and Engineering 2,28

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Faculty
    in Engineering 5,19
        Salaries of 2,13
    in Mathematics 5,36
        and Statistics 6,34
    in Medical Schools 3,18
    Retention 5,21
    Salaries 3,10; 6,13
        in Computer Science 3,12
        in Engineering 2,13
        in Mathematics 1,12
        in Medicine 2,14
        in Nursing 4,15
        in Psychology 3,13
        in Sociology 4,14
    Scholarly Productivity of 1,45
    Women
        and Minorities 5,21; 6,19
        Chemists 1,17
Family-Friendly Policies for Graduate Students 3,23
Federal
    Funding for Academic R&D 2,11; 6,39
    Life Sciences Funding 2,40
    STEM Legislation 3,40
    Workers 5,4
        Salaries of 2,21
Female (see Women)
Financial Aid 1,46; 4,40; 5,39; 6,36
First Professional Degrees 6,29
First-Year
    Enrollment
        in Engineering 5,28
        in Medical School 2,31
    Students
        Asian Americans 6,23
        Planned Majors 1,35
Foreign Nationals (see Temporary Residents)
Freshmen (see First-Year Students)
Funding for the Life Sciences 2,40

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Gender
    Differences in Occupational Distributions 6,22
    Gap in Wages 3,19
    Stereotypes 2,25
Girls (see Women)
Glass Ceiling for Women 4,25
Global Competition 3,26
Globalization 2,2
Government Hiring Intentions 5,4
Graduate
    Admissions 5,32
    Applications 3,29
    Education, Commitment to 3,32
    Enrollment
        of International Students 6,33
        of New College Graduates 3,32
        in S&E 2,28
    School Rankings 3,28
    Students, Family Friendly Policies for 3,23
Graduating Students, Employment of 4,24
Graduation Rates 3,25; 3,36
Gross Domestic Product and R&D 6,10

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HBCUs and Lifetime Earnings 5,14
High School
    Course-Taking 2,34
        and ACT Scores 5,33
    Dropout Rates 1,36; 4,36
    Dropouts 3,36
    Physics 2,32
    Students
        AP Exams 1,42
        Preparation for College 3,35
Higher Education
    American Opinions on 4,34
    Asians in 6,23
    Costs 1,46
    Enrollment 3,25
    Minorities in 6,27
    Native Americans in 3,22
Hiring (see also Employment)
    Activity 5,7; 6,11
    in Information Technology 4,13; 6,10
    Intentions, Federal 5,4
    Plans 6,4
Hispanics
    ACT Scores 5,33
    Baccalaureates 4,16
    Barriers to College 2,23
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    Degrees 1,31; 4,29; 6,29
    Doctorates 1,20
    in Engineering
        Degrees 1,38
        Enrollment 5,28
        Faculty 5,19
    Enrollment in Higher Education 3,25; 5,22
    Graduate Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    in Mathematics 1,5
    SAT Scores 5,35
    Top Colleges for 3,21
    U.S. Population 4,21
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) 5,22

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Immigrants (see also Temporary Residents)
    Doctorates Awarded to 1,20
    Salaries of 2,15
    Scientists and Engineers 4,6
Implicit Stereotypes 2,25
Indicators, Science and Engineering 4,4
Industrial
    Engineering, Enrollment 5,28
    Funding of Academic R&D 2,11
    R&D 3.6
Industry, Life Scientists in 4,9
Information Technology (see also Computer Science)
    Hiring 6,10
        and Salaries 4,13
    Recruiting and Retaining Women in 4,26
    Salaries 1,17; 2,21; 3,15; 5,16; 6,17
Innovation 2,2
    Role of Graduate Schools in 3,32
International
    Graduate
        Admissions 5,32
        Applications 3,29
        Enrollment 6,33
    Performance in Math and Science 6,5
    Student Enrollment 6,31
Internships 5,9

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Job
    Candidates, Attributes of 1,1
    Market Outlook 1,11
    Satisfaction 2,4
    Search 5,6

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Labor
    Force, Science and Engineering 4,1
    Market
        for New College Graduates 1,7
        Policy Challenges 3,5
        Women in 6,22
Latinos/as (see Hispanics)
Leadership Skills 1,1
Licensed Professional Engineers 6,16
Life Sciences (see also Biological Sciences)
    Best Place to Work 4,9; 6,6
    Funding 2,40
    Postdoctorates 2,1
Lifetime Earnings 5,14
Literature Review of Women in Engineering 4,20

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Majors of First-Year Students 1,34
Master's Degrees (see also Degrees)
    in 2004-05 1,34
    in 2005-06 6,29
    in Astronomy 4,27
    in Computer Science 2,27
        and Engineering 3,3
    in Engineering 1,38
    in Science and Engineering 1,31; 4,29
Materials Engineering Salaries 2,13
Maternity/Paternity Leave 2,10
Math and Science Partnerships 1,47
Mathematics
    ACT Scores 5,33
    Competence 2,25
    Degrees 5,36; 6,34
        and Employment 1,30
    Doctorates 1,5
    Enrollment 5,36; 6,34
    Faculty 5,36; 6,34
        Salaries of 1,12
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
    International Performance in 6,5
    NAEP Scores 2,34; 6,38
    SAT Scores 5,35
    and Science Teachers 4,35
    Starting Salaries 4,11
    Student Achievement in 4,38
    Undergraduate Survey 5,36
Mechanical Engineering
    Degrees 1,38
    Enrollment 5,28
    Salaries 2,16
Medical Schools (see also Medicine)
    Enrollment 2,31; 6,30
    Faculty Salaries in 2,14
Medicine
    Best Graduate Schools 3,28
    Women and Minorities in 3,18
Minorities (see also specific races/ethnicities)
    in Academic Medicine 3,18
    Bachelor's Degrees 4,16
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    Degrees 4,16; 6,29
        in Women's Studies 3,24
    Doctorates 1,19
    Employment upon Graduation 4,24
    Enrollment
        in Higher Education 3,25
        in STEM 6,25
    in Higher Education 6,27
    NAEP Scores 2,34
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
    in STEM 2,22
    Unemployment Rate 5,3
Minority (see also Minorities)
    College Presidents 2,35
    Enrollment in Higher Education 6,27
    Faculty 5,21; 6,19
        in Engineering 5,19
    Institutions 5,40
    Medical School Graduates 6,30
    Population of the U.S. 4,21
    Women, Bachelor's Degrees 4,16
Models for Excellence Program 6,25

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National
    Assessment of Educational Progress 2,34; 6,38
        Mathematics Scores 6,38
    Institutes of Health Grants 6,40
    Science Foundation
        Math and Science Partnerships 1,47
        Reauthorization of 3,39
    Security, Role of Science and Technology 6,8
Native Americans
    ACT Scores 5,33
    in Computer Science and Engineering 3,3
    Degrees 6,29
        in Engineering 1,38
    Enrollment
        in Engineering 5,28
        in Higher Education 3,25
    Graduate Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    in Higher Education 3,22
    in Mathematics 1,5
    SAT Scores 5,35
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
    U.S. Population 4,21
Native Hawaiians, U.S. Population 4,21
New
    College Graduates
        in Graduate School 3,32
        Employment of 1,3; 3,2; 5,9; 6,4
    Innovator Awards 6,40
No Child Left Behind 4,38
Nuclear
    Engineering Salaries 2,13
    Medicine Technologists 1,2
Nursing, Salaries of Faculty in 4,15

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Occupational Distributions and Gender 6,22
Open Doors Report 6,31
Origin of Foreign Students in the U.S. 6,31
Overhaul of U.S. Education 1,40

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Pacific Islanders, U.S. Population 4,21
Patent Applications 2,39
Pay (see Salaries)
Pay Gap 3,19
Performance of Students in Math 4,38
Petroleum Engineering, Starting Salaries 2,19
Ph.D. (see Doctorates)
Physical Sciences
    Degrees in 4,29
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
Physician Shortage 6,30
Physics
    Degrees and Employment 2,5
    High School Course-Taking 2,32
    Postdoctorates 2,5
Pioneer Awards 6,40
Policy
    Challenges Facing U.S. Labor Market 3,5
    Recommendations for Visas 2,9
    and the STEM Workforce 6,2
Population, Minorities 4,21
Postdoctorates
    in Life Sciences 2,1
    in Physics and Astronomy 2,5
    and Retention of Women in Science 6,21
    in Science and Engineering 2,28
Postsecondary (see Higher Education)
    Degrees (see Degrees)
Preparation of High School Students for College 3,35
Projections, Hiring and Salaries 5,7; 6,11
Psychology
    Degrees 4,29
    Faculty Salaries 3,13
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
    Starting Salaries 5,12

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Quality Counts 2007 1,43

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R&D (see Research and Development)
Racial Inequality 5,25
Rankings of Graduate Schools 3,28
Re-careering 4,5
Recruiting 4,5
    Math and Science Teachers 4,35
    Minorities to STEM 6,25
    and Retaining Women in IT 4,26
    Trends 1,7; 5,1
Report Card on K-12 Education 2,37
Research
    Careers
        and Women 6,21
        Minorities in 2,22
    and Development 3,6
        Academic 6,39
        Industrial Funding for 2,11
        and GDP 6,10
    Opportunities for Undergraduates 3,34
    Spending 2,39
    Universities
        National Security Issues 6,8
        Ph.D. Attrition in 4,33
        Productivity Ranking 1,45
        Top R&D Expenditures 6,39
Resegregation 5,25
Retention
    of Math and Science Teachers 4,35
    Poll 1,8
    Rates 5,1
    of Women
        Engineers 6,20
        and Minority Faculty 5,21
        in Science 6,21
Retirement 3,1; 4,5

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Salaries
    in Aerospace Engineering 6,28
    in Astronomy 4,28
    in Best Careers 1,11
    in Bioengineering 5,26
    in Chemical Engineering 5,11
    of College Administrators 2,18
    of Computer Science Faculty 3,12
    and Educational Attainment 5,15
    in Engineering 2,13; 6,16
    of Faculty 3,10
        in Mathematics 1,12
        in Medical Schools 2,14
        in Nursing 4,15
        in Psychology 3,13
        in Sociology 4,14
    of Federal Workers 2,21
    Historical Perspective 2,19
    Impact on Supply and Demand 6,7
    in Information Technology 1,17; 3,15; 4,13; 5,16; 6,17
    of Licensed Professional Engineers 6,16
    in Mathematics 1,30; 4,11
    in Mechanical Engineering 2,16
    by Occupation and Sex 3,16; 6,12
    in Physics 2,5
    of Scientists, Engineers and Technicians 6,13
    and Skin Tone 2,15
    Starting 1,14; 3,8; 5,12; 6,13; 6,15
    Trends 5,1
SAT Scores 5,35
Satisfaction with Job 2,4
Science
    ACT Scores 5,33
    and Engineering (see also STEM)
        Bachelor's Degrees 4,11; 4,29
        Careers 1,11
        Degrees 1,31
        Doctorates 1,12
        Employment 3,7
        Federal Funding for R&D in 6,39
        Labor Force 4,1
        Master's Degrees 4,29
        Postdoctorates 2,28
        State Profiles 4,4
    International Performance in 6,5
    and Technology, Role in National Security 6,8
Scientists
    and Engineers (see also Science and Engineering)
        with Disabilities 4,7
        Immigrant 4,6
    Salaries of 6,13
Shortage of Math and Science Teachers 4,35
Skills
    of College Graduates 1,9
    Needed in Information Technology 6,10
Social Sciences
    Degrees in 4,29
    Graduate Enrollment 2,28
    Starting Salaries 5,12; 6,15
Sociology
    African Americans in 2,26
    Faculty Salaries 4,14
Starting Salaries 1,14; 3,8; 5,12; 6,13; 6,15
    in Bioengineering 5,26
    Compared with Growth Rate of Disciplines 6,7
    Historical Perspective 2,19
    in Mathematics 4,11
    in Physics 2,5
State Spending on Student Aid 5,39
Statistics
    Employment 1,5
    Faculty 6,34
        Salaries 1,12
Status
    of Minorities in Higher Education 6,27
    of Women in Science 6,21
STEM (see also Science and Engineering)
    Employment 6,1
    Pipeline, Minorities in 6,25
    Workforce
        Data Project 6,1-2;
        Policy 6,2
Stereotypes 2,25
Student
    Achievement in Math 4,38
    Aid
        Legislation 4,40
        State Spending on 5,39
    Loan Debt 6,36
Study Abroad 6,31
Supply and Demand by Field 6,7

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Teachers, Math and Science 4,35
Technicians, Salaries of 6,13
Temporary Residents
    in Computer Science 2,27
        and Engineering 3,3
    Doctorates 1,20
    Engineering Degrees 1,38
    Enrollment
        in Engineering 5,28
        in Higher Education 3,25
    Graduate
        Admissions 5,32
        Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    in Mathematics 1,5
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
    Scientists and Engineers 4,6
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    Colleges for Hispanics 3,21
    Institutions for Postdocs 2,1
    S&E Departments, Women and Minorities in 6,19
Translational Research Network 5,40
Triangle Coalition Conference 3,40

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U.S.
    House of Representatives
        NSF Reauthorization 3,39
        Student Aid Legislation 4,40
    Labor
        Force 4,2
        Market, Policy Challenges 3,5
    Population, Minorities 4,21
    R&D 3,6
Undergraduates
    Debt Levels 6,36
    Mathematics Survey 5,36
    Research Opportunities 3,34
Underrepresented Minorities (see Minorities)
Unemployment
    in Mathematics 1,30
    Rates 5,3
        and Educational Attainment 5,15
United States (see U.S.)

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Visa Policy Recommendations 2,9

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Wage Gap 3,19
Wages (see Salaries)
Women
    in Academia 4,25
    in Academic Medicine 3,18
    ACT Scores 5,33
    in Astronomy 4,27
    Bachelor's Degrees 4,16; 5,10
    in Bioengineering 5,26
    in Chemistry 1,17; 5,21
    College Presidents 2,35
    of Color Doctorate Recipients 1,19
    in Computer Science 2,27
        and Engineering 3,3
    Degrees 1,34; 6,29
        in Women's Studies 3,24
    Doctorates in Science and Engineering 1,12
    Employment upon Graduation 4,24
    in Engineering 4,19
        Degrees 1,38; 2,12
        Enrollment 5,28
        Literature Review 4,20
    Engineers, Retention of 6,20
    Executives 5,21
    Faculty 5,21; 6,19
        in Engineering 5,19
        Salaries 3,10
    Graduate Enrollment in S&E 2,28
    in Information Technology 4,26
    in Mathematics 1,5
        and Statistics 6,34
    Retention in Science 6,21
    Salaries of 3,16; 3,19
    SAT Scores 5,35
    Science and Engineering Degrees 1,31; 4,29
Women's Studies, Degrees in 3,24
Work/Family Balance 2,10; 3,23
Worker Confidence 4,10
Workforce (see also Employment)
    Demand 6,5
    Federal 5,4
    Late Career Workers 3,1
    Life Sciences 6,6
    Preparedness 1,9
    STEM 6,1-2