Data published in these reports are also available on the World Wide Web. Single-year or multiyear data files are available with data for fall 1975 through fall 1995. Information on file formats and the years for which they are available, with instructions for down-loading, can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/srvygradpostdoc/pub_data.cfm. The current data user guide, Guide to the Data Files from the National Science Foundation's Annual Surveys of Academic Science and Engineering can be found at http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/gradpostdoc/95dug/. For further information on the graduate student survey contact the Project Monitor Joan Burrelli. Her address and telephone number are—
Science and Engineering Education
and Human Resources Program
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965
Arlington, VA 22230
Telephone: (703) 306-1774
Internet: jburrell@nsf.gov
Selected data items for individual doctorate-granting institutions are available on computer-generated institutional profiles. These profiles cover data from this survey as well as data collected in NSF's other academic S&E surveys: the Survey of Scientific and Engineering Expenditures at Universities and Colleges (R&D expenditures survey) and the Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Nonprofit Institutions (Federal support survey). Institutional profiles for any institution or group of institutions are also available on the World Wide Web, or can be ordered in hard copy form through Mr. Richard Bennof. He can be reached at—
Research and Development Statistics Program
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 965
Arlington, VA 22230
Telephone: (703) 306-1772
Internet: rbennof@nsf.gov
Institutional researchers can obtain data from several academic S&E resources through the Computer Aided Science Policy Analysis and Research (CASPAR) database system, which is an easy-to-use tool for the retrieval and analysis of statistical data on academic S&E resources. CASPAR provides an extensive and growing data library with multiyear statistics on the state of higher education in general and on academic S&E resources specifically. This data library is based on a set of standard institutional and field-of-science definitions across the multiple sources used to develop the database. The CASPAR program includes built-in help capabilities to facilitate the use and interpretation of the data.
The latest version of CASPAR can now be accessed via the World Wide Web (http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/database.cfm). A CD-ROM compact disk is available upon special request. For information, contact Joan Burrelli at the previously provided address.
CASPAR data are drawn from a number of sources. All data are available for individual institutions, by State, and at the national level. Longitudinal data from surveys of universities and colleges conducted by the NSF's Division of Science Resources Studies include the R&D expenditures survey, the Federal support survey, and the graduate student survey. Data from the surveys of universities and colleges conducted by NCES include earned degrees, opening fall enrollment, faculty salaries, tenure and fringe benefits, and financial statistics.
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