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2. Racial diversity and discrimination in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   According to the National Science Foundation (NSF), women and racial minorities are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). [1] Scholars, governments, and scientific organizations from around the world have noted a variety of explanations contributing to this lack of racial diversity, including higher levels of discrimination, implicit bias ...

3. List of African-American women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...

4. Women in STEM fields - Wikipedia

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   In 2012, the percentage of women PhD graduates was 47.3% of the total, 51% of the social sciences, business and law, 42% of the science, mathematics and computing, and just the 28% of PhD graduates in engineering, manufacturing and construction. In the computing subfield only 21% of PhD graduates were women.

5. Meyerhoff Scholars Program - Wikipedia

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   The Meyerhoff Scholars Program is a program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) designed to prepare minority students for academic careers in the science, technology, engineering and math ( STEM) disciplines. The program has served as a model for developing and supporting minority students pursuing academic careers.

6. Jedidah Isler - Wikipedia

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   Jedidah C. Isler is an American astrophysicist, educator, and an active advocate for diversity in STEM. She became the first African-American woman to complete her PhD in astrophysics at Yale in 2014. [1] She is currently an assistant professor of astrophysics at Dartmouth College. [2] Her research explores the physics of blazars (hyperactive ...

7. Even without affirmative action, we can make colleges more ...

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   Producing a sufficient number of minority doctoral degrees is tied to the admission process. However, we now must focus on an oft unspoken culprit: the insubstantial minority applicant pool.