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STEMTrends (Formerly CPST Comments) - A digest of current developments affecting the recruitment, training, and utilization of scientists and engineers. Special sections profile information on supply and demand, salaries, women and minorities, education, federal agency activities, and new publications and resources of interest. STEMTrends subscribers receive unlimited downloads of STEMTrends articles from the Science, Engineering and Technology Human Resources Database. Complete issues of STEM Trends are available for download in PDF format. 52 weekly e-alerts and six issues published each year.
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[New!] STEM in the States - A State by State Comparison of STEM Education and Workforce Indicators - This publication provides information on important indicators of the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education and workforces in each state in comparative perspective. These data are presented alongside many common indicators of economic well-being such as median household incomes, state gross domestic product, poverty rate, and home ownership rates. Purchasers may download archive Excel spreadsheets for each state.

Available in print and electronic (PDF) versions.

First Edition, November 2009
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[New!] Salaries of Scientists, Engineers and Technicians -
Your Guide to Starting Salaries & Career Advancement - A comprehensive summary of recent salary surveys of scientists, engineers and related technical professionals. Information on starting salaries and wage trajectories across STEM fields is broken out by field, degree level, region, type of employer and more. Career planning information for scientists, engineers and technicians is included in this year’s revised publication. Published biennially.

Salaries of Scientists, Engineers and Technicians is available in an electronic (PDF) format.
The publication will be available for purchase and download in June.

Twenty-Third Edition, June 2010
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17th Edition Professional Women and Minorities - A Total Human Resources Data Compendium- A detailed reference book of data on human resources presented in over 250 tables with breakouts by sex and minority status. Professional Women and Minorities is widely regarded as the single most authoritative source of data and trends in science and technology. Data on enrollments, degrees, and the general, academic, and federal workforce by field and subfield are included. Published biennially for nearly three decades.

Available in print version, as online table downloads or both.

New This Year - The Executive Summary or a set of 50 PowerPoint® slides with chapter graphics are also available for purchase.

Seventeenth Edition, November 2008
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Scientists & Engineers for the New Millennium: Renewing the Human Resources
A collection of reports presented at the 2000 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) which features timely data and analyses about who is being recruited, educated and trained for careers in science and technology. 101 pages.
Scientists & Engineers for the New Millennium

March 2001
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linegrayv.gif Road Map for Conducting Employment Surveys of Doctoral Graduates in Science and Engineering
A guideline intended to assist science and engineering professional societies and others in conducting surveys concerning the employment of recent doctoral graduates.
93 pages.
Road Map for Conducting Surveys of Doctoral Graduates in Science and Engineering

November 1997
Price $5.00

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Employment Outcomes of Doctorates in Science and Engineering: Report of a CPST Workshop
This report summarizes presentations made at a March 1998 CPST workshop that brought together major organizations that collect and disseminate data on postgraduate career outcomes. It also includes a guide to sources of outcome data in higher education.
24 pages.
Employment Outcomes of Doctorates in Science and Engineering June 1998
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linegrayv.gif Supply & Demand Indicators for New Science and Engineering Doctorates: Results of a Pilot Study
This report presents results of a pilot study conducted by CPST in collaboration with professional societies to develop a system to monitor the supply of and demand for recent doctorates in science and engineering.
16 pages.
Supply & Demand Indicators for New Science and Engineering Doctorates

November 1997
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Postdocs and Career Prospects: A Status Report
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. 26 pages.
Postdocs and Career Prospects June 1997
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linegrayv.gif Best & Brightest: Education and Career Paths of Top Scientists and Engineering Students
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. 58 pages.
Best and Brightest

October 1997
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Salaries of Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians - A Summary of Salary Surveys - A collection and summary of more than 80 survey reports on salaries. Covers beginning and advanced practitioners in industry, government, and educational institutions with breakouts by field, degree, experience, age, discipline, employment category, geographical area, and rank/grade for academics or government employees. This is the previous edition to the current 23rd edition. Published biennially. Salaries 22nd Edition Twenty-Second Edition
November, 2007

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linegrayv.gif Professional Women and Minorities - A Total Human Resources Data Compendium- A detailed reference book of data on human resources presented in over 300 tables with breakouts by sex and minority status. Data on enrollments, degrees, and the general, academic, and federal workforce by field and subfield are included. This is the previous edition to the current 17th edition. Published biennially. Professional Women & Minorities, 15th Edition Sixteenth Edition
November, 2006

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