Marine Science Affairs 



Manpower Training and Education 



In recent years, the Federal Government as a matter of national policy 

 has assumed a major responsibility for the support of training and education 

 through a wide range of fellowships, training grants, research, and institu- 

 tional programs. Graduate enrollments and the number of degrees granted 

 annually in the field of oceanography have increased substantially during 

 recent years as shown in Table XIV-1, a gratifying product of investments 

 in oceanography in the early 1960's. Support for education of marine science 

 technicians and ocean engineers, however, appears to have lagged behind 

 needs. The importance of technicians may have previously been underesti- 

 mated. Similarly, a need has developed for additional systematists to assist in 

 analyzing marine data. 



Table XIV-1 — Graduate Degrees in Ocean Science and Engineering 



Academic year 



Number 



of 

 schools '^ 



Marine Science ' 



Degrees granted (enrollment 

 in parentheses) 



M.S. 



Ph. D. 



Ocean Engineering >> 



Number 



of 

 schools ' 



Degrees granted (enroll- 

 ment in parentheses) 



M.S. 



Ph.D. 



1960-61 27 63(160) 44(117) 



1961-62 25 53(243) 51(224) 



1962-63 27 62 (301) 44 (322) 



1963-64 32 115(419) 61(345) 



1964-65 34 125(460) 85(452) 2 1(1) (2) 



1965-66 38 135(560) 90(549) 4 11(27) 4(20) 



1966-67 42 192(791) 114(602) 7 18(57) 5(36) 



1967-68'i 50 294(1034) 172(754) 8 53(152) 11(63) 



" Includes schools offering marine-related basic science. 



' Includes schools offering marine options to basic engineering curricula. 



' Offering the Master's Degree; the number offering Doctorates is slightly smaller. 



<* Degrees granted in 1967-68 were estimates by the Institutions. 



Source: Committee on Marine Research, Education, and Facilities. 



Federal support of education in the marine sciences is carried on pri- 

 marily through programs of the National Science Foundation and HEW's 

 Office of Education. The principal NSF programs are : 



— Graduate Education Development Programs 



— ^Traineeships and Fellowships Programs 



- — College Teacher Programs 



— -Undergraduate Education Development Programs 



— Undergraduate Student Programs 



— Secondary School Teacher Programs 



■ — Pre-college Education Development Programs 



— Secondary School Student Programs 



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