Training and Utilization of Scientific and Engineering Technical Personnel in the United States

摘要

The report provides a survey of the training and utilization of scientists and engineers in the United States. It describes the educational and economic structure and organization in which training of scientists and engineers is carried out and in which they are employed. The first part discusses general education, training of technicians, higher education and graduate training focusing on institutional structure, admission and degree requirements, financial assistance, and curricular. The second part deals with employment, salaries, mobility and supplementary training of scientists, engineers and technicians.