RELATED ARTICLE: About the Series
This two-part Black issues in Higher Education series aims to shed light on how some of the leading science and engineering institutions are addressing the scarcity of African Americans in these disciplines -- most specifically in the physical sciences (i.e. physics, chemistry, astronomy, etc.), mathematics, engineering, and technology These are fields where the paucity of African Americans is most acute.
The objective of the series is to explore current trends in science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) education and to uncover the types of academic environments in which African American science students thrive. To achieve this end, the series investigates trends in recruitment, admissions, retention, graduation rates, graduate school performance, research funding, and faculty development at eight postsecondary institutions. Part one, which appeared in the March 19 edition, examined undergraduate experiences. In this edition, featuring the second part of the series, the focus is on graduate education.
Among the Research I institutions featured in the series are: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University, and the University of California-Berkeley. The three remaining institutions featured include: Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University (FAMU), and North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University (A&T), and the University of Maryland-Baltimore County (UMBC).
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