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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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National Science Foundation (NSF)

Academic Institutions of Minority Faculty with Science, Engineering, and Health Doctorates

NSF 11-320 | October 2011 |[11 October 2011]

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11320/

or

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/infbrief/nsf11320/nsf11320.pdf

[full-text, 8 pages]

by Joan S. Burrelli

Science, engineering, and health (SEH) doctorates awarded by U.S. institutions to minorities (Asians, blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives) have been increasing in number and as a percentage over the past two decades. Nevertheless, both minority doctorate numbers and minority faculty numbers remain low, especially in the leading research institutions. Data on SEH doctorate recipients show that blacks, Hispanics, and American Indians/Alaska Natives, as a group, earned about 3,300 SEH doctorates from U.S. universities in 2008, 9% of all SEH doctorates (table 1). Asians earned about 10,900 SEH doctorates in 2008, 31% of all SEH doctorates, most of which (81%) were earned by temporary visa holders.

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