TY  - BOOK
ED  - Committee on Underrepresented Groups and the Expansion of the Science and Engineering Workforce Pipeline (U.S.)
TI  - Expanding underrepresented minority participation
SN  - 9780309159685
AV  - Q149.U5 E97 2011eb
U1  - 331.129150973 23
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - National Academies Press
KW  - Minorities in science
KW  - United States
KW  - Minorities in engineering
KW  - Minorities in medicine
KW  - Science
KW  - Study and teaching (Higher)
KW  - Engineering
KW  - Medicine
KW  - Study and teaching
KW  - Vocational guidance
KW  - Medical education
KW  - Minorities
KW  - education
KW  - Vocational Guidance
KW  - Education, Medical
KW  - Minority Groups
KW  - Minorités dans les sciences
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Minorités en ingénierie
KW  - Minorités en médecine
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)
KW  - Médecine
KW  - Étude et enseignement
KW  - Orientation professionnelle
KW  - Enseignement médical
KW  - Minorités
KW  - vocational guidance
KW  - aat
KW  - minorities
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Human Resources & Personnel Management
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic book
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Summary --; INTRODUCTION --1; A Strong Science and Engineering Workforce --2; Dimensions of the Problem --; BECOMING SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS --3; Preparation --4; Access and Motivation --5; Affordability --6; Academic and Social Support --; CONCLUSION --7; The Journey Beyond the Crossroads --8; Recommendations and Implementation Actions --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; APPENDIXES --; A; Charge to the Study Committee --; B; U.S. Senate Letter to the National Academy of Sciences --; C; Committee Member Biographies --; D; Agendas for Public Meetings --; E; Recommendations on STEM Education from *Rising Above the Gathering Storm* --; F; Ingredients for Success in STEM --; G; Baccalaureate Origins of Underrepresented Minority PhDs --; H; An Agenda for Future Research
N2  - Historically, there has been a strong connection between increasing educational attainment in the United States and the growth in and global leadership of the economy. Consequently, there have been calls--from the College Board, the Lumina and Gates Foundations, and the administration--to increase the postsecondary completion rate in the United States from 39 percent to 55 or 60 percent. The challenge is greatest for underrepresented minorities: In 2006 only 26 percent of African Americans, 18 percent of American Indians, and 16 percent of Hispanics in the 25- to 29-year-old cohort had attained at least an associate degree. The news is even worse in S & E (science and engineering) fields. In 2000, as noted in Gathering Storm, the United States ranked 20 out of 24 countries in the percentage of 24-year-olds who had earned a first degree in the natural sciences or engineering. Based on these data, Gathering Storm recommended efforts to increase the percentage of 24-year-olds with these degrees from 6 percent to at least 10 percent, the benchmark already attained by several countries. But again, the statistics are even more alarming for underrepresented minorities. These students would need to triple, quadruple, or even quintuple their proportions with a first university degree in these fields in order to achieve this 10 percent goal: At present, just 2.7 percent of African Americans, 3.3 percent of Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and 2.2 percent of Hispanics and Latinos who are 24 years old have earned a first university degree in the natural sciences or engineering
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