The Doctorate Survey

FAIN: OP-*1215-79

National Academy of Sciences (Washington, DC 20418-0006)
Dorothy M. Gilford (Project Director: May 1979 to October 1990)

The survey covers all research doctorates awarded in U.S. universities. The computerized record (over 600,000 doctorates) is used as a research resource for a wide variety of studies.

To support the Annual Survey of Earned Doctorates and maintain the Doctorate Records File along with the National Science Foundation, the HEW Office of Education, and the National Institutes of Health.