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MAY 2008

bullet NEW! 0508A "Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Awarded to Women in Engineering Disciplines - AY1980-81 through AY2006-07"
 
bullet NEW! 0508B "Measures of Growth in Engineering Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Awarded to Various Ethnic Groups - AY1980-81 through AY2006-07"
 
bullet NEW! 0508C "Fractions of Engineering Degrees Awarded to Women in the US Vary Significantly with Ethnicity and National Origin - A Study of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Since AY1990-91"
 
bullet NEW! 0508D "Foreign Nationals - Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Various Disciplines from AY1980-81 through AY2006-07"

FEBRUARY 2008

bullet 0208A "A Global Study of Engineering Undergraduate and Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Ninety-One Countries"
 
bullet 0208B "Engineering and Engineering Discipline Degrees through AY2006-07 with Near Term Trend Predictions Via Enrollment Data"
 
bullet 0208C "Rapid Growth in Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Degrees - But, Why Are These Degrees Being Awarded in So Few States by So Few Universities?"

NOVEMBER 2007

bullet 1107A "Growth in Research Expenditures in Engineering Colleges Has Slowed in Terms of Actual Dollars and Has Stopped in Terms of Constant Dollars - Current Trends for Individual Engineering Disciplines Vary"
 
bullet 1107B "Research Expenditures per Doctoral Degree Continue to Decline for Engineering and Five Engineering Disciplines - Doctoral Degree Expenditures for Large Disciplines Are Lower than Overall Engineering"
 
bullet 1107C "A Comprehensive Statistical Study of Education Trends in Three Disciplines Closely Linked to Energy-Producing Industries - Mining, Nuclear and Petroleum Engineering"
 
bullet 1107D "Degrees and Research Expenditures per Faculty Member for Engineering and Thirteen Engineering Disciplines - AY1980-81 through AY2005-06"

SEPTEMBER 2007

bullet 0907A "No Growth in Interest of US Citizens for Obtaining Engineering Degrees"
 
bullet 0907B "Engineering Faculty Salaries Are Now Increasing More Slowly Than in the 1990s; Salary Growth Since 2000 Is Greater for Engineering Colleges That Do Not Award Engineering Doctorates"
 
bullet 0907C "Good News - Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Enrollments "Appear" to be Increasing - with Possibly Some "Bumps in the Road" in the Near Future"
 
bullet 0907D "The Number of Women Faculty in Engineering Colleges Is Increasing Rapidly - This Study Compares Fractions of Women Faculty in Engineering and Engineering Disciplines to Fractions of Doctoral Degrees Awarded Annually - Will the Growth Continue?"

MAY 2007

bullet 0507A "Long-Term Gains in Numbers of Women Awarded Engineering Degrees Are in Serious Jeopardy - Analyses of Degrees in Engineering and Individual Engineering Disciplines"
 
bullet 0507B "Degree Trends for Ethnic Groups Vary - Gains in Past Years May Be Lost"
 
bullet 0507C "The "Foreign National Effect" - Already Substantial Impact on Master's Degrees, Poised to Impact Doctoral Degrees and Not Applicable to Bachelor's Degrees"

FEBRUARY 2007

bullet 0207A "New Trends for Degrees per Faculty Member in Engineering Colleges - Analyses of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees for Overall Engineering and Ten Engineering Disciplines"
 
bullet 0207B "Trends in Engineering Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Individual States - Including Analysis of Six Engineering Disciplines"
 
bullet 0207C "Significant Departures of Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Trends in Engineering Disciplines from the Trends of Engineering as a Whole"
 
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OCTOBER 2006

bullet 1006A "Research Expenditures in Engineering Colleges and Individual Engineering Disciplines, Including Expenditures per Faculty Member and per Graduate Degree - Only Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering Undergoing Significant Growth"
 
bullet 1006B "Problems with Engineering Graduate Student Enrollments - Master's Enrollments Are Declining and Doctoral Enrollment Growth Has Ended"
 
bullet 1006C "Engineering Degrees Awarded to Foreign Nationals - Trends Vary Among Individual Engineering Disciplines"
 
bullet 1006D "A Strange, New Era Emerges - Growth in the Number of Engineering Faculty Continues as Bachelor's and Master's Enrollments Decline and Doctoral Enrollment Growth Ends"

AUGUST 2006

bullet 0806A "Historical Trends and Near-Term Predictions of Statistics on Degrees, Enrollments and Research Expenditures for Engineering Education in the United States"
Presented at the plenary session of the 2006 United States-Korea Conference (UKC 2006) sponsored by the Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association in Teaneck, NJ in August 2006 and posted on the Engineering Trends Web site with their kind permission (available to all site visitors).
 
bullet 0806B "Unraveling the Apparent Inconsistencies Between Various Sources of US Engineering Degree Data - Comparison of ASEE, EWC and NSF Surveys (Revised December 2006)"
 
bullet 0806C "Master's and Doctoral Enrollments in Engineering and Engineering Disciplines, Including Ethnicity Data"
 
bullet 0806D "Undergraduate Engineering Enrollments Overall Are Declining - Individual Engineering Discipline Trends Vary Significantly"

MAY 2006

bullet 0506A "Women Faculty in Engineering - Will Past Growth Continue?"
 
bullet 0506B "US News Undergraduate Rankings - Faculty, Degree and Research Expenditure Comparisons"
 
bullet 0506C "Engineering Degrees Awarded to Women - Has the Period of Growth Ended?"

FEBRUARY 2006

bullet 0206A "Undergraduate Engineering Retention as Measured by Degree and Enrollment Comparisons - Data for the Last Half Century"
 
bullet 0206B "Total Engineering Bachelor's Degree Growth Slowing Substantially - Impact on Individual Engineering Disciplines Is Varied"
 
bullet 0206C "Undergraduate Engineering Enrollments Are in Transition - A View of Ethnicity Trends in Engineering and Individual Engineering Disciplines."

OCTOBER 2005

bullet 1005A "Education Trends in Materials Science and Engineering - Enrollments, Degrees, Gender, Ethnicity and Research Expenditures"
 
bullet 1005B "Changes in Foreign National Enrollments in Engineering Disciplines - Current Trends for Undergraduate and Graduate Students"
 
bullet 1005C "Engineering Research Expenditures Are Increasing More Rapidly Than In the 1990s - Comparison of the Rates of Growth in the Individual Disciplines"
 
bullet 1005D "How Much Funding Is Needed For a Graduate Degree in Engineering?"
 
bullet 1005E "What is Happening To Computer Science and Engineering?"

JULY 2005

bullet 0705A "The Halcyon Days of Enrollment Growth Are Over - Undergraduate Enrollment Growth Has Ceased, Master's Enrollments Are Declining and Doctoral Enrollment Growth Is Fading"
 
bullet 0705B "Significant Changes in Undergraduate Enrollments in Engineering Disciplines - Major Gains (Mechanical and Civil Engineering), a Major Loss ("Computer") and Minor Variations For Other Disciplines"
 
bullet 0705C "Master's Enrollments Declining and Doctoral Enrollment Growth Fading - Discipline Enrollments Not Following Overall Engineering Trends"

APRIL 2005

bullet 0405A "An International Study of Undergraduate Engineering Degrees"
 
bullet 0405B "An International Study of Doctoral Degrees Awarded in Engineering"
 
bullet 0405C "Women in Undergraduate Engineering Programs - Past, Present and Future"

JANUARY 2005

bullet 0105A "Factors Controlling the Number of Women Holding Engineering Faculty Positions"
 
bullet 0105B "Factors Controlling Growth in the Number of Faculty from Underrepresented Groups in Engineering Colleges"
 
bullet 0105C "Increases in Engineering Faculty Salaries Over the Past Ten Years"

OCTOBER 2004

bullet 1004A "Variations in Engineering Discipline Enrollments - Good and Bad News"
 
bullet 1004B "Undergraduate Engineering Gender and Ethnicity Enrollment Trends - Some Good News, But Mostly Bad News"
 
bullet 1004C "Master's and Doctoral Engineering Enrollment Trends for Women and Various Ethnic Groups"
 
bullet 1004D "Total Numbers of Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral Degrees Awarded per Million Population Since AY1945-46 - Including Data for Degrees Awarded to US Citizens Since AY1970-71."

JULY 2004

bullet 0704A "Interest of US Citizens for Graduate Study in Engineering"
 
bullet 0704B "Declining Enrollments for Foreign National Engineering Students"

APRIL 2004

bullet 0404A "Engineering Bachelor's Degrees Awarded in States - Total Number and "Per Population" (with AY1990-91 and AY2000-01 Comparisons)"
 
bullet 0404B "Changes in the Discipline Preferences of Undergraduates"
 
bullet 0404C "Undergraduate Enrollments (Total Full-Time and First-Year) Provide Degree Trends in Engineering Disciplines Through AY2006-07"

JANUARY 2004

bullet 0104A "Engineering Faculty (College and Discipline Totals) and Degrees per Faculty Member in Various Disciplines"
 
bullet 0104B "Research Expenditures for Engineering Colleges and Disciplines - Including Expenditures per Faculty Member"
 
bullet 0104C "Master’s and Doctoral Degree Research Expenditures"

SEPTEMBER 2003

bullet 0903A  "Engineering Colleges – A Broad Spectrum"
 
bullet 0903B  "Graduate Discipline Choices - Preferences by Gender, Minority Groups and Foreign Nationals"
 
bullet 0903C  "Enrollment Records Are Here - Degree Records to Arrive Soon"

JULY 2003

bullet 0703A  "Engineering Discipline Trends - Master’s and Doctoral Degrees"
 
bullet 0703B  "Undergraduate Discipline Choices - Preferences by Gender, Minority Groups and Foreign Nationals"

MAY 2003

bullet 0503A  "Are Undergraduate Student Discipline Choices Changing As We Approach a New Undergraduate Degree Record?"
 
bullet 0503B  "Are Gender and Ethnicity Trends Changing As We Approach New Undergraduate and Graduate Degree Records?"

JANUARY 2003

bullet 0103A  "Impact of Enrollment of Foreign National Stuents on the Setting of New Degree Records"

SEPTEMBER 2002

bullet 0902A  "Graduate Enrollments at Record Highs; Undergraduate Enrollments Close to Setting New Records"

MAY 2002

bullet 0502C  "Engineering Degrees Rising and Demand Falling - A Forthcoming Crisis? And What Will Be the Impact on Enrollment?"

SEPTEMBER 2001

bullet 0901A  "Cyclic Behavior – A Long-Term Phenomenon"
 
bullet 0901B  "High School Graduates, Total Bachelor’s Degrees and Total “Technical” (Science and Engineering) Bachelor’s Degrees"
 
bullet 0901C  "Programs Competing With Engineering"
 
bullet 0901D  "But What Causes the Cyclic Behavior in Engineering Enrollments and Degrees?"