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style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.nationalacademies.org/gateway/pga/" class="leftlink">Policy and Global<br>Affairs Division</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="new" style="border-bottom: 1px solid silver;"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.trb.org/" class="leftlink">Transportation<br>Research Board</a> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td>   <td valign="top" style="padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px;" align="left" width="100%"> <img title="Career Guides" height="20" alt="Topics" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/onpi/career_tab.gif" width="182" align="absbottom"/> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" width="100%"> <tbody><tr> <td valign="top" width="50%" style="border-top: 1px solid silver; border-bottom: 1px solid silver; border-left: 1px solid silver; border-right: 1px solid silver;">  <table align="right" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <th class="newhead" style="BORDER-TOP: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid" align="left"> Related Offices </th> </tr><tr> <td class="new"> <p> <a class="hlight" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www7.nationalacademies.org/BHEW"><strong>Board on Higher Education and the Workforce</strong></a> </p> <p> <a class="hlight" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www7.nationalacademies.org/cwse/"><strong>Committee on Women in Science and Engineering</strong></a> </p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p class="blurb"> The National Academies have published several reports related to career planning, including a series of publications ranking U.S. doctoral programs in several different disciplines. Other topics include scientific ethics and the experiences of women in science, engineering and medicine.</p><br/> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 85%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Career Planning</div> <ul class="blurb"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5129.html">Careers in Science and Engineering: A Student Planning Guide to Grad School and Beyond</a> (1996)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9831.html">Enhancing the Postdoctoral Experience for Scientists and Engineers: A Guide for Postdoctoral Scholars, Advisers, Institutions, Funding Organizations and Disciplinary Societies</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5789.html">Adviser, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering</a> (1997)<br/> </li> </ul> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 85%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Doctoral Programs: Trends and Rankings</div> <ul class="blurb"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10859.html">Assessing Research-Doctorate Programs: A Methodology Study</a> (2003)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4915.html">Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Continuity and Change</a> (1995)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5305.html">Research Doctorate Programs in the United States: Data Set</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9524.html">Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States 1995 Profile</a> (1998)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6244.html">Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists</a> (1998)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9898.html">Graduate Education in the Chemical Sciences: Issues for the 21st Century</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5840.html">Humanities Doctorates in the United States: 1995 Profile</a> (1997)<br/> </li> </ul> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 85%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Scientific Ethics</div> <ul class="blurb"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/4917.html">On Being a Scientist: Responsible Conduct in Research</a> (1995)<br/> </li> </ul> <div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 85%; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 10px">Women in Science</div> <ul class="blurb"> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.nap.edu/catalog/10964.html">Achieving XXcellence in Science: Role of Professional Societies in Advancing Women in Science</a> (2004)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/5363.html">From Scarcity to Visibility: Gender Differences in the Careers of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers</a> (2001)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10008">Who Will Do the Science of the Future?: A Symposium on Careers of Women in Science</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/6375.html">The Door in the Dream: Conversations with Eminent Women in Science</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://books.nap.edu/catalog/10047.html">Women in the Chemical Workforce: A Workshop Report to the Chemical Sciences Roundtable</a> (2000)<br/><br/> </li> </ul>  </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <tr><td height="10" colspan="3"></td></tr>  <tr> <td valign="absmiddle" align="center" bgcolor="#666699" colspan="3" height="20"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.nationalacademies.org/about/rss.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357im_/http://www.nationalacademies.org/elements/xml.gif" alt="RSS News Feed" width="36" height="14" align="absbottom"></a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.nationalacademies.org/subscribe.html" class="bottomlinks">Subscribe to e-newsletters</a> | <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.nationalacademies.org/cgi-bin/formfeed.cgi" class="bottomlinks">Feedback</a> | <a href="#top" class="bottomlinks">Back to Top</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" valign="top" align="center"> <div class="copyright"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070705163357/http://www.national-academies.org/legal/" class="copyright">Copyright 漏 2007. 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