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Direct linkLaurencin, Cato T., Ed. – National Academies Press, 2022
The number of Black students in science, engineering, and medicine in the United States has remained disproportionately low over the past several decades. A number of reasons have been identified as contributing to these low numbers, including those related to finances. Financial considerations range from the most immediate - the ability of…
Descriptors: Barriers, Engineering Education, Science Education, Medical Education
Download full textAT&T Communications, Inc., New York, NY. – 1994
In January 1994, the Chicago Urban League (Illinois) brought together 11 of Chicago's leading scholars and community leaders for a discussion of the intersection of race and poverty. Nearly 300 people attended the symposium. The tone of the opening panel,"Racial/Ethnic Community Structures and the Making of Public Policy," was set by…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Futures (of Society), Low Income Groups, Policy Formation
Campbell, George, Jr., Ed.; Denes, Ronni, Ed.; Morrison, Catherine, Ed. – 2000
This book presents selected papers from a conference whose objective was to determine the policies needed to foster the involvement of minorities in science, engineering, and mathematics. The following papers were presented: (1) "Introduction" (Eugene Cota-Robles); (2) "United States Demographics" (George Campbell, Jr.); (3) "A Practitioner's…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Engineering, Equal Education
Grissmer, David W., Ed.; Ross, J. Michael, Ed. – 2000
In November 1998 a group of researchers and scholars gathered to explore methodological issues related to the measurement of student achievement, with a more specific focus on the sharing of perspectives on the black-white test score gap. Papers from this conference are: (1) "Introduction: Toward Heuristic Models of Student Outcomes and More…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Gordon, Avery, Ed.; Newfield, Christopher, Ed. – 1996
Multiculturalism has become a major framework for analyzing intergroup relations in the United States, but the meanings of the term have become less and less clear. The 26 essays in this collection map the terrain of multiculturalism in its varied dimensions and discuss its future. The scholars represented, link the complex cultural questions of…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Concept Formation, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism
Smelser, Neil J., Ed.; Wilson, William Julius, Ed.; Mitchell, Faith, Ed. – 2001
This collection of papers explores past and current trends among African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, and Native Americans in the context of a white majority. The papers, presented at the 1998 Research Conference on Racial Trends in the United States, provide analyses of racial and social dynamics and recommendations for future…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1973
Robert L. Thorndike was awarded the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Measurement Award at the 1972 ETS Invitational Conference. In "Heredity, Environment, and Class or Ethnic Differences," J. McV. Hunt addressed several fundamental questions pertaining to the hereditary and environmental influences of the observed social class and ethnic…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Achievement Tests, Awards, Biological Influences
