ERIC Number: ED094620
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1974-Aug
Pages: 33
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Enrollment of Minority Graduate Students at Ph.D. Granting Institutions. Higher Education Panel Report No. 19.
El-Khawas, Elaine H.; Kinzer, Joan L.
The main purpose of this survey was to gain current information on the representation of minority students within particular fields of study, a level of detail for which only limited information has been available. The survey requested enrollment information within 21 discipline areas for the total graduate population for each institution as well as for black, Spanish-surnamed, American Indian, and Asian American students. A copy of the questionnaire is presented in Appendix A of the document. The survey results indicate substantial variation in minority representation among specific fields of study. To a lesser extent, minority representation also differed according to a number of institional characteristics. The findings presented in this document constitute the most recent data available on the enrollment of minorities in specific graduate fields and should be useful to all concerned with improving the accessibility of graduate study to Americans of minority backgrounds. Appendixes contain: the survey questionnaire, institutional response, and classification of states by the census regions. (Author/PG)
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Blacks, Enrollment, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Majors (Students), Minority Groups, Questionnaires, Spanish Americans, Surveys
Higher Education Panel, American Council on Education, One Dupont Circle, Washington, D. C. 20036
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; National Institutes of Health (DHEW), Bethesda, MD.; Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: American Council on Education, Washington, DC. Higher Education Panel.
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