Opportunities for Minority Students in Graduate Education: Science and Engineering

少数民族学生研究生教育的机会：科学与工程

• 批准号: 8650067
• 负责人: Howard Adams
• 金额: $ 4.92万
• 依托单位: The National GEM Consortium
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1986
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1986-07-01 至 1987-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8650067&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Opportunities; Minority; Students; Graduate; Education

This proposal addresses the national problem of under-representation of American Indians, Black Americans, Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans in science and engineering graduate programs. The project consists of a series of one-day conferences on graduate study in science and engineering for minority students, their counselors and graduate school recruiters. The conferences were held at nine sites: Boston, New York, Washington (DC), Seattle, Atlanta, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Chicago. Each conference was held on the campus of a GEM-member with the university serving as a co-sponsor. The goals of the conferences were: 1) to present accurate information on opportunities for minority syudents in graduate study in science and engineering; 2) to encourage undecided minority students to seriously consider graduate study; 3) to offer opportunities for dialogue between the students and minority men and women currently engaged in graduate study; and 4) to introduce students to the wide range of national financial support programs available for graduate study. Approximately 900 students and 100 counselors, recruiters, university faculty and representatives from related organizations (ETS, etc.) attended the conferences. A report of conference activities will be distributed to a variety of colleges and universities for use in future counseling and recruitment activities.

这项提案解决了美国印第安人、美国黑人、墨西哥裔美国人和波多黎各人在科学和工程研究生课程中代表性不足的全国性问题。该项目包括为少数民族学生、他们的顾问和研究生院招聘人员举办的一系列为期一天的科学和工程研究生学习会议。会议在九个地点举行：波士顿、纽约、华盛顿、西雅图、亚特兰大、休斯顿、洛杉矶、旧金山和芝加哥。每一次会议都在创业板成员的校园内举行，大学是共同赞助商。会议的目标是：1)提供有关少数族裔学生在理工科研究生学习机会的准确信息；2)鼓励犹豫不决的少数族裔学生认真考虑研究生学习；3)提供学生与目前正在攻读研究生的少数族裔男女之间对话的机会；4)向学生介绍各种可供研究生学习的国家资助计划。约900名学生和100名辅导员、招聘者、大学教职员工和相关组织(ETS等)的代表参加了会议。会议活动报告将分发给各种学院和大学，用于今后的咨询和招聘活动。