ABSTRACT
The flow of talent in higher education is a matter of national concern. Especially in science and engineering, serious questions can be raised about whether the future production of scientific and technical talent in this country will be sufficient to supply the human resource needs of industry, universities, and the government. Questions also can be raised about the future supply of teachers and researchers in the humanities and the social sciences. According to William G. Bowen, former president of Princeton University, "We need to increase overall production of new Ph.D.'s by two-thirds," and "In the humanities and social sciences, we
need to double the current numbers" (Fiske, 1989, A1). The purpose of this study is to address this and other issues related to the flow of talent in the United States in the 1980s in comparison with the flow of talent in the 1970s.
