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The National Scholars Program - SUMMARY Excellence with Diversity for the Future (1996) / Chapter Skim
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PROGRAM GOALS
Pages 11-14

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... Within the Hispanic population, the primary emphasis should be on Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans, although recent immigrants from Central America with educational experiences similar to those of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans may also be considered. Pacific Islanders are included as one of the target croups, although data are not available on the educational achievements of minorities who have been educated in U.S.
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From page 12...
... The important national benefits of increasing the number of minority Ph.D.s, however, would not be accomplished if the program were to focus on other degrees. It is at this level that underrepresentation is the most severe, but it is also the level at which scientists and engineers have the greatest visibility in the research community, the opportunity to exercise leadership, and the responsibility to train and nurture other minority scholars.
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From page 13...
... Regardless of their sector of employment (academe, government, or industry) , they should seek not only to become learned experts who search for knowledge, but also scholars who transmit their learning to others by accepting the responsibility for conducting excellent science and assuring that more and more minorities follow in their footsteps.
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