The Path to the Ph.D. -- Copyright -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- CHANGES IN THE ACADEMIC ENVIRONMENT -- TRANSFORMATIONS IN SIZE AND ORGANIZATION -- CONCERNS ABOUT RATES OF ATTRITION AND PATTERNS OF DEGREE ATTAINMENT -- ORIGINS AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY -- ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT -- REFERENCES -- 2 Current Approaches To The Measurement Of Graduate Attrition -- THE CONCEPT OF "ATTRITION" AT THE GRADUATE LEVEL -- CONTEMPORARY ESTIMATES OF ATTRITION -- University of California at Berkeley -- University of Pennsylvania -- The Ten-University Data Set -- Other Institutions -- REFERENCES -- 3 Identifying Factors Thought To Contribute To Graduate Attrition -- INTERVIEWS WITH NONCOMPLETERS -- LONGITUDINAL ANALYSES OF LINKED DATA SETS -- EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE -- REFERENCES -- 4 Conclusion -- Annotated Bibliography -- Appendix A Data Bases For Studies Of Graduate Education In The United States -- HOW TO USE THE APPENDIX -- GEOSCIENCE STUDENT ENROLLMENT AND DEGREES SURVEY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- SURVEY OF ENROLLMENTS AND DEGREES -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- GRADUATE STUDENT SURVEY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- SURVEY OF PHYSICS AND OF ASTRONOMY BACHELORS -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- Project TALENT -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- ANNUAL AMS-IMS-MAA SURVEY -- DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE SURVEY -- SURVEY OF SALARIES AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE OF NEW DOCTORATES/DOCTORATES GRANTED SURVEY -- FACULTY SALARY SURVEY -- ANNUAL SURVEY OF DEPARTMENTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE -- GRADUATE STUDENTS AND FACULTY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- BIENNIAL SURVEY OF GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGY -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- AAU/AGS PROJECT FOR RESEARCH ON DOCTORAL EDUCATION -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- FEDERAL SUPPORT FOR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION -- AVAILABILITY -- CRA TAULBEE SURVEY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY.

THE CGS/GRE SURVEY OF GRADUATE ENROLLMENT -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- REPORTING -- AVAILABILITY -- NATIONAL LONGITUDINAL STUDIES -- NATIONAL LOGITUDINAL SURVEY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS OF 1972 (NLS-72) -- HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND -- NELS-88 -- AVAILABILITY -- INTEGRATED POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- ENROLLMENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION -- DEGREES AND OTHER FORMAL AWARDS CONFERRED -- RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES STUDY -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- BACCALAUREATE AND BEYOND LONGITUDINAL STUDY -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- BIOLOGICAL DATA BASE -- DATA -- PROJECT ACCESS: A STUDY OF ACCESS TO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH -- QUESTIONNAIRE DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- SURVEY OF EARNED DOCTORATES (aka Doctorate Records File [DRF]) -- METHODOLOGY -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- SURVEY OF DOCTORATE RECIPIENTS -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- SURVEY OF GRADUATE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING STUDENTS -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- NATIONAL SURVEY OF RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES -- DATA -- AVAILABILITY -- Appendix B Basic Design Parameters Of A Longitudinal Tracking System For Doctoral Students -- Introduction -- Purpose Of The Tracking System -- Data To Be Collected -- Reports -- REFERENCES.