Illuminating systematic differences in no job offers for STEM doctoral recipients

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dc.contributor.authorKinoshita, Timothy J.en
dc.contributor.authorKnight, David B.en
dc.contributor.authorBorrego, Maura Jenkinsen
dc.contributor.authorBortz, Whitney E. Wallen
dc.contributor.departmentEngineering Educationen
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-26T12:54:52Zen
dc.date.available2020-08-26T12:54:52Zen
dc.date.issued2020-04-29en
dc.description.abstractThis study examines differences across demographic subgroups in the phenomenon of recent doctoral recipients seeking work but having no job offers for employment. Gender and race/ethnicity have been identified as two characteristics with considerable issues of representation in a number of science and engineering fields, particularly at the doctoral level. Using the NSF Survey of Earned Doctorates dataset, which includes over 298,000 respondents in the biological sciences, engineering, and physical sciences since 1977, we use logistic regression modelling to examine the likelihood of doctoral recipients having no offers at the time of graduation as a function of race, gender, family and funding variables. We find that across the fields of biology, engineering, and physical sciences, women and underrepresented minorities have a higher prevalence of having no job offers, but this relationship has notable interaction effects for family variables and doctoral program funding mechanism. Importantly, marital status accounts for differences in job offers between genders that deserves further exploration.en
dc.description.notesThis research was funded via two grants from the National Science Foundation, Division of Graduate Education: (DBK;#1535226 & MB; #1535462). More information on the funding source can be found at https://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?div=DGE.The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.; This research was funded by the National Science Foundation through grants DGE-1535226 and DGE-1535462. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions in this article are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.en
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Science Foundation, Division of Graduate EducationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [1535226, 1535462]; National Science FoundationNational Science Foundation (NSF) [DGE-1535226, DGE-1535462]en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231567en
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203en
dc.identifier.issue4en
dc.identifier.othere0231567en
dc.identifier.pmid32348344en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/99855en
dc.identifier.volume15en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.titleIlluminating systematic differences in no job offers for STEM doctoral recipientsen
dc.title.serialPLoS Oneen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
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