Federal Science and Technology Support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science, Research, and Technology of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, October 9, 1987, Volume 4 |
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A&T State University academic AMERICAN areas AT&T Atlanta University Center black students campus career Carolina Central University Center Chairman colleges and universities committee consortiums DANEK Department DOUG WALGREN efforts enhance enrollment facilities faculty federal agencies fields fiscal funds HBCUs high school higher education HISPANICS historically black colleges historically black institutions Howard University increase the number Jackson State University Kodak laboratories major math and science million minority institutions Minority Research minority students National Science Foundation NIMMONS North Carolina A&T North Carolina Central number of black number of minority participation percent Ph.D Prairie View precollege PRIS2M problem professional recruitment Rochester role models Ron McNair science and engineering science and technology scientific scientists and engineers Subcommittee on Science teachers teaching technical Thank Tim Valentine Tuskegee University U.S. CONGRESS undergraduate UNDERREPRESENTED Universities HBCU Valentine visiting professor WALGREN White House Initiative youth
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Page 80 - Institute is a complex university with an enrollment of 3600 students. It offers 45 degree-granting undergraduate programs and 29 graduate programs. Its current programs are concentrated in seven major schools: Agriculture and Home Economics, Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Engineering and Architecture, Nursing and Allied Health, and Veterinary Medicine. I am very pleased to have been invited today to participate in this...
Page 136 - Chairman Subcommittee on Science, Research and Technology Suite 2321 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Dear Mr.
Page 217 - SET" OCCUPATIONAL SEGREGATION IS THE OUTCOME OF THE AMERICAN POST-WORLD WAR II GI BILL OCCUPATION/INDUSTRY COLLABORATION IN WHICH THE GENDER AND RACIAL/ETHNIC EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES MADE WHITE MALES ESPECIALLY "FIT" FOR ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL, AND PHYSICAL SCIENCE CAREERS. THIS SEGREGATION WAS REINFORCED BY PRE-CIVIL RIGHTS, POSTSPUTNIK EDUCATION BENEFITS. THE CULTURAL VIEW THAT CERTAIN WORK IS "MAN'S WORK" AND CERTAIN WORK IS "FEMININE" IS STILL PREVALENT TODAY. AGGREGATION AND ANALYSIS OF 1,239...
Page 5 - ... held at the request of Congressman Tim Valentine (D-NC). Background At a time of growing concern about the under-representation of Blacks in science and engineering, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), which have traditionally educated a major portion of the nation's Blacks, are beset with increasing problems. HBCUs serve some of the country's most disadvantaged students, but have slim endowments, and lack financial resources to develop programs to compete with other schools...
Page 83 - Although predominantly black colleges enrolled only 27 percent of black college students In 1980 (as compared to more than 50 percent prior to 1970) and accounted for only 34 percent of all blacks...
Page 221 - PROPOSAL NOTED BILL HR 5254, INTRODUCED IN THE HOUSE BY CONGRESSMAN FUQUA ON DECEMBER 16, 1981, AND THE BILL S.2421, INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE BY SENATOR GLENN ON APRIL 22, 1982, WHICH STATED THAT "THE NATION IS FAILING TO ATTRACT SUFFICIENT NUMBERS OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN THE TECHNICAL, ENGINEERING, AND SCIENTIFIC FIELDS TO TAKE PROPER ADVANTAGE OF THESE HUMAN RESOURCES.
Page 213 - ... QUALITY PROFESSIONALS IN 1987, IT MAY COST $300-$500 TO RECRUIT AND $300-$500 TO RETAIN THESE "SET" PROFESSIONALS IN 1995. THE CASET STUDY WILL IDENTIFY COST SAVING INTERVENTIONS TO MAINTAIN QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF DOD "SETS". THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS, WHICH GUIDE OUR STUDY, ARE: 1.0 WHAT FACTORS HAVE LET TO THE UNDERREPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN "SET" COLLEGE MAJORS AND "SET* CAREERS? 1.1 CAN ECONOMIC, INSTITUTIONAL, AND CULTURAL FACTORS BE IDENTIFIED? 1.2 CAN FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH...