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Abdul-Alim, Jamaal – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
This article features the Ronald E. McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program at the University of Memphis. The McNair program is named after Ronald E. McNair, the second African-American in space, who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion in 1986. Approximately 200 campuses across the nation host the program. Whereas the program…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Doctoral Degrees, Doctoral Programs, Financial Support
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Harris, Kathleen – Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1984
Published research on institutional characteristics associated with external research funding are reviewed. Principal points of agreement are that funding levels are related to previous funding levels; publications are related to funding; and funding is related to the existence of doctoral programs. No evidence of bias in federal funding was…
Descriptors: Bias, Doctoral Programs, Federal Aid, Financial Support