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Exactly 48,802 people, a number equal to the population of East Brunswick, N.J., were awarded doctoral degrees in the United States in 2008, according to a brief report released on Thursday by the National Science Foundation. That figure was up 1.4 percent from 2007 — the smallest increase in the last several years. The NSF brief summarizes certain findings from the 2008 Survey...
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