physics PhDs with potentially permanent employment outside of the field of physics were engineering, computer software, and business or finance (Figure 3) The vast majority of physics PhDs who accepted postdoctoral fellowships were working in the field of physics, with most continuing in the field of their dissertations
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A Careers in and out of science In 2007, the National Academies conducted a review of the literature concerning issues for women in science and engineering This report concluded that while women have the ability and motivation to succeed, they are lost to science and engineering careers at every educational transition
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