{"id":1140,"date":"2020-02-19T15:46:45","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/capitalcurrents\/?p=1140"},"modified":"2020-02-19T15:43:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:43:34","slug":"nsf-released-science-engineering-indicators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ams.org\/capitalcurrents\/2020\/02\/19\/nsf-released-science-engineering-indicators\/","title":{"rendered":"NSF released Science & Engineering Indicators"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At the end of the summer, I wrote a piece about the history of the NSF<\/a>. I wrote\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cAnother cool thing the agency does is to collect reams of data and publish the\u00a0Science & Engineering Indicators.<\/a>\u00a0These reports give interesting statistics on education, research and development, the global marketplace, and public attitudes toward science. \u201cThe State of U.S. Science and Engineering,\u201d summarizing indicators, will be released on January 15, 2020. In the meantime, you can look at thematic reports (on a particular topic), examine state comparisons, and lots more. If you are into this sort of thing, you can spend a lot of time at this website; it is fascinating.\u201d<\/p>\n

Well, the 2020 report<\/a> is out!<\/p>\n

Journalists across the U.S. take note. The Concord Monitor looks at how the national numbers of the report compare to those in New Hampshire.<\/a><\/p>\n

Journalists around the world take note. The Manila Times\u00a0 notes that this report is accepted as one of the most authoritative reports on the state of the global S&T.<\/a> The author of the piece from Manila begins with the observation that this report was released on the same day that President Trump signed phase one of a new trade agreement with China<\/a>, and closes with this bold (?) assertion \u201cThe move of the U.S. from uncontested leader to an influential leader as we learnt from State of Science & Engineering 2020 might turn out to be a more historical event than the trade deal between the U.S. and China.\u201d<\/p>\n

You might also want to read the Inside Higher Ed take<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Ok, with all that lead in, what\u2019s in it?<\/p>\n

The report is short, only about 15 pages of reading (and a lot of graphics on those pages). It consists of six central chapters, plus an Executive Summary, Introduction, and Conclusion (Glossary, etc.). The six chapters are titled:<\/p>\n