Further Reading

Committee on Postdoctoral Education, Association of American Universities, Report and Recommendations (Washington, D.C.: Association of American Universities, 1998).

Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisors, Institutions, Funding Organizations, and Disciplinary Societies (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2000).

National Science Foundation, Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Training in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Arlington, Virginia: National Science Foundation, 1995).

National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering: Fall 2000 (Arlington, VA: National Science Foundation, 2002).

Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel, National Research Council, Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1998); http://www.nap.edu/catalog/6244.html.

"What Follows the Postdoctorate Experience? Employment Patterns of 1993 Postdocs in 1995," National Science Foundation Issue Brief, Division of Science Resources Studies, November 1998, NSF 99-307.

"Has the Use of Postdocs Changed?", National Science Foundation Issue Brief, Division of Science Resources Studies, December 1998, NSF 99-310; http://www7.nationalacademies.org/Postdoc_Studies_and_Data.html

Nerad, M., and J. Cerny, "Postdoctoral Patterns, Career Advancement, and Problems," Science 285 (3 September 1999), 1533-1535.

Nerad, M. "Postdoctoral Appointments and Employment Patterns of Science and Engineering Doctoral Recipients Ten-plus Years after Ph.D. Completion: Selected Results from the ‘Ph.D.s—Ten Years Later’ Study," Communicator, Vol. XXXV, Council of Graduate Schools, Washington, D.C., August-September 2002