The national (Seas) Unemployment Rate in 1993 went from a high of 7.3% in January to a low of 6.5% in December (1993 avg. unemployment 6.91%.) The Unemployment rate for 2003 averaged 5.99%. (Hispanic Americans and temporary residents were the only S&E categories that improved with the lower national unemployment rate.)
The next chart is extracted from Bureau of Labor Statistics data...
While I was poking around on the NSF website, I noticed that NSF provides a "Not employed & not full-time student" category for the prior year's graduates. I thought it might be interesting to compare the two most recent datasets, examining how 2001-02 graduates fared against the 1997-98 graduates and the general population.
To keep things in persepective, I looked up the national Unemployment rates and provided averages for the years in question. One might assume that our brightest and best S&E new graduates would fare better than the population at large, but that does not appear to be the case.
Bachelor's degrees:
Master's Degrees:
The data in this blog is the most current that I'm aware of.
National Science Foundation data:
Master's degrees
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf03319/tables/tabs2.xls
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/tables/tab2.xls
Bachelor's degrees
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf06329/tables/tab1.xls
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/nsf03319/tables/tabs1.xls
BLS Foreign Born
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.t05.htm
NSF "Science and Engineering Labor Force." Chapter 3
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THE COMPLETE REPORT...
Here is the reference to the (complete) report...
Science and Engineering Indicators 2008, Volume 1 and Volume 2
[ NSB 08-01A ]
Produced by the NSF, National Science Foundation... dated January 15, 2008
http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08
WHO ARE THE AUTHORS OF THE NSF REPORT?
Who are the http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08 authors?
See http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08/pdf/front.pdf page IV.
Who is…
1) SRS
2) EHR
3) Taratec Corporation?
1) SRS:
http://www.srs.com/srsweb
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=MANT
It looks like a secret global staffing firm.
2) EHR:
NSF Education & Human Resources
About HER: http://128.150.4.107/ehr/about.jsp
Champions of Diversity (read immigration, Visa Fraud & Abuse).
http://128.150.4.107/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5741&org=EHR
Terry S. Woodin, Program Director, telephone: (703) 292-4657, email: twoodin@nsf.gov
Hello Grandma Terry: http://www.evanderputten.org/friends_work.htm
Trends in Funding Science Education, 1994–2004*
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/113449162/PDFSTART?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
It’s all about STEM and the dearth of Biochemistry & molecular biology expertise in this country.
Just ask Paul Polak, a biologist in Chicago who was terminated just 1 month before his scheduled retirement… and replaced with H-1Bs (plural).
Also, my niece graduated from Illinois State University with a BS Degree in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology in May of 2006.
She cannot find a job in this field and besides applying for fake job ads,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU ,
she waitresses tables in banquet halls and restaurants in Schaumburg Illinois.
3) TARATEC CORPORATION:
http://www.tarateccorp.com/about.html
Head Hunters?
Innovation & Competitiveness through Visa Fraud & Abuse?
If you go to http://www.Taratec.com the server forwards this URL to
http://www.patni.com/industries/Life_Sciences/Life_Sciences_Overview.html
Isn’t this an Indian Company?
It’s a small world after all…
See BUSINESSWEEK: Are H-1B Workers Getting Bilked?
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_06/b4070057782750.htm
The article is about Vishal Goel working at State Farm in Bloomington Illinois on
An H-1B Visa through Patni.
Vishal filed charges against Patni related to his depressed prevailing wage and Fraud.
The end of the article cites Senate Bill S.1035 Visa Fraud & Abuse Act.
NSF BACKGROUND / HISTORY
"NSF what scum they are."
But for those of you newer to issues problems with NSF let me direct you to
Phony NSF Paper Effects Legislation
http://www.aea.org/pdf/NSF_Effects_Legislation.pdf
How and Why Government, Universities, and Industry Create Domestic Labor Shortages of Scientists and High-Tech Workers
http://www.nber.org/~peat/PapersFolder/Papers/SG/NSF.html
PhD Prediction 1988
http://www.phds.org/the-big-picture/scientist-shortages/phd-shortage-predictions-1988/
Skills shortage a myth
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/mg13418170.900-skill-shortages-in-us-a-myth-.html
There is many more references.....................
Looks like NSF might be up to their old tricks??
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