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... bachelor's degree is the minimum credential . Advanced degrees are required for entry into many desirable professions , such as law and medicine . In some areas of scientific research , postdoctoral study is increasingly essential . On ...
... bachelor's degree is the minimum credential . Advanced degrees are required for entry into many desirable professions , such as law and medicine . In some areas of scientific research , postdoctoral study is increasingly essential . On ...
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... bachelor's degree , just one - third of the percentage doing so 30 years later . Nevertheless , not only is the ... degrees awarded from U.S. colleges and universities , up from about 9 percent in the early 1980s . Their share of professional ...
... bachelor's degree , just one - third of the percentage doing so 30 years later . Nevertheless , not only is the ... degrees awarded from U.S. colleges and universities , up from about 9 percent in the early 1980s . Their share of professional ...
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... bachelor's degrees in mathematics and several heavily quantitative fields , such as engineering and physics . And fewer females than males are performing at the very highest levels in mathematics in high school . But a grow- ing ...
... bachelor's degrees in mathematics and several heavily quantitative fields , such as engineering and physics . And fewer females than males are performing at the very highest levels in mathematics in high school . But a grow- ing ...
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Two Views of High Achievement and Why It Is Important | 4 |
Gender a Complicating Factor in Minority Achievement Patterns | 10 |
Using Preschool and Parent Education Programs | 20 |
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