Figure 58 



Graduate Enrollment by Control of 



Institutions, Selected Years, 1965-70 



Total graduate 

 enrollments 



First-year graduate 

 enrollments 



1965 1969 1970 



SOURCE. National Science Foundation. 



1965 1969 1970 



ments in the 14 largest public institutions, on the 

 other hand, rose by 5 percent during the same 

 time.^ 



Coincident with these recent declines in 

 private institution enrollments were reductions 

 in Federal R&D expenditures. Such funds de- 

 clined by 8 percent (in constant dollars) between 

 lQfe8-70 for private institutions, but remained 

 essentially unchanged for public institutions. 

 The magnitude of this decline is of considerable 

 significance since 85 percent of research in pri- 

 vate institutions is federally supported, com- 

 pared with 65 percent for public institutions.^ 



While there are many factors affecting the 

 growth and capacity of public and private 

 institutions, a fundamental one appears to be the 

 pervasive and worsening financial condition of 

 these institutions. 



Growth of 



Doctoral Programs: 1970-74 



A survey was conducted by the American 

 Council on Education of doctoral departments in 

 science and engineering to determine the recent 

 and probable future growth of doctoral 

 programs. 5 The survey indicated that the ratio of 

 net additions of such programs to existing 

 doctoral departments was 1:26 during 1970-72. 

 Plans for the 1072-74 period, however, indicate a 

 reduction to l:o6, i.e., a net gain of one program 

 per 66 existing departments. The largest net in- 

 creases in 1970-72 were in the areas of computer 

 sciences and psychology. Plans for 1972-74 indi- 

 cate the greatest relative increase will again be in 

 computer sciences. 



tions continued to increase. By 1970, only 28 

 percent of the total science and engineering 

 graduate students were in private institutions. 

 Most of the decline (some 75 percent) was due to 

 cutbacks in first-year enrollments; these fell by 9 

 percent between I960 and 1970, in contrast to 

 such enrollments in public institutions which in- 

 creased 8 percent. 



The largest private institutions, in terms of 

 the number of Ph.D.'s produced, had the largest 

 declines in first-year enrollments. Of the 20 

 largest Ph.D. -producing institutions, public and 

 private, 6 are private universities. Of the six, 

 only one had an increase in first-year enroll- 

 ments; as a group, enrollments declined by 12 

 percent between 1969 and 1070. Such enroll- 



RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES 



Research instrumentation and modern labora- 

 tories are basic tools of science. They provide 

 man with his quantitative and most precise 

 window on the real world. They permit the 

 study of phenomena otherwise inaccessible to 

 investigation, provide the means for accurate 

 measurement and observation, and facilitate 



■" Special tabulation based on data collected for the 

 National Science Foundation report series, Rcioiinti tor 

 Scientific Activilwi at Unweniliei niul Colleges. 



5 National Science Foundation, Srifiia- Resourcei S/iic/irs 

 Hi^hlifhts. "Changes in Graduate Programs in Sciences and 

 Engineering 1970-72 and 1972-74," July 21, 1972 (NSF 72- 

 311). 



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