Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!burl!codas!usfvax2!pdn!pdnbah!reggie From: reggie@pdnbah.UUCP (George Leach) Newsgroups: comp.edu Subject: Re: U.S. Mathematicians dying breed Summary: Any correlation between Math and CS PhD Trends? Message-ID: <1878@pdn.UUCP> Date: 9 Dec 87 14:59:28 GMT References: <2376@killer.UUCP> Sender: usenet@pdn.UUCP Reply-To: reggie@pdnbah.UUCP (George Leach) Organization: Paradyne Corporation, Largo, Florida Lines: 17 In article <2376@killer.UUCP> elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) writes: >[excerpted from an AP news article in the local newspaper:] >An annual survey found that nationwide only 362 U.S. citizens got doctorates >in math during the 1986-1987 school year. Has anyone taken a look at trends in Math and EE doctorates relative to CS doctorates? About twenty years ago there were no CS departments and therefore no CS PhD's. Over the years there has been an increase in the number of departments granting PhD's in Computer Science. This fact alone would account for declines in other fields that are related to CS. George W. Leach Paradyne Corporation {gatech,rutgers,attmail}!codas!pdn!reggie Mail stop LF-207 Phone: (813) 530-2376 P.O. Box 2826 Largo, FL 34649-2826