Minority Science Paths National Science Foundation Minority Graduate Fellows of 1979-1981 (1995) / Chapter Skim
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to provide support to graduate students from underrepresented minority groups (i.e., blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans) who are seeking doctorates in science or engineering fields.
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the highest cumulative GRE scores, followed by applicants for the life sciences. Applicants for behavioral and social sciences had the lowest average scores.
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Using the field distribution of minority baccalaureates as the basis of comparison, the life sciences and engineering, mathematics, and physical sciences were more successful, and the behavioral and social sciences less successful, in attracting applicants. · Offerees in the EMP fields were markedly different from offerees in the other fields.
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of the 78 doctorate recipients attended Ph.D.-granting programs ranked in the top 5 percent as measured by ratings of the scholarly quality of program faculty by a nationwide survey of their peers. This statistic varied considerably by field (16 percent in the EMP fields, ~ percent in life sciences, and 29 percent in behavioral and social sciences)
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Among awardees, Ph.D. completion rates were lower in the MGFP than in the regular GFP in EMP fields and for females in life sciences.
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