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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED125494 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Minority Group Participation in Graduate Education.
A
Report with Recommendations of the National Board on
Graduate Education. Number Five.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1976
NOTE: 281 p.
AVAILABILITY: Printing and Publishing Office, National
Academy of Sciences, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20418
ABSTRACT: Minority group participation in graduate
education
was examined with the hope that such a study would assist
in
policy formulation, program planning, and specific actions
designed to reduce barriers confronting minority group
members and to develop a hospitable academic environment to
encourage success of those enrolled. Major chapters are
offered on: (1) patterns of minority participation; (2)
financial, educational, psychosocial, and cultural barriers
to participation; (3) the present context of graduate
education and its impact regarding the labor market,
affirmative action, and legal issues; (4) activities and
concerns of graduate schools, including recruitment,
admissions, supportive services, and financial aid; and (5)
current efforts to promote minority participation in
government, professional societies, foundations, and
business. Recommendations are made with regard to the
relation of the selection process to student achievement;
assessment of academic performance; integration of the
student into the mainstream of teaching and research
activities; and the evaluation of minority student access
and achievement. The mission, status, problems, and
priorities of black graduate schools are also considered.
(LBH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Affirmative-Action; Bibliographies-;
College-Environment; Graduate-Students; Labor-Market;
Majority-Attitudes; Personnel-Policy; School-Attitudes;
School-Surveys; Social-Attitudes; Student-Attitudes; Tables
Data
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Black-Colleges; *Graduate-Study;
*Minority
Groups; *Needs-Assessment; *Policy-Formation; *Racial
Attitudes
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