ERIC ED406198: Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of Recipients: 1987-94. Detailed Statistical Tables.

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Hill, Susan T.
Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of
TITLE
Recipients: 1987-94. Detailed Statistical Tables.
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*Bachelors Degrees; *Engineering; *Ethnic Groups;
DESCRIPTORS
Higher Education; *Minority Groups; *Racial
Distribution; *Sciences
ABSTRACT
This publication is based on data obtained by the
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of
Education, from all accredited institutions of higher education. Data
cover earned degrees conferred in the aggregate United States. Degree
data are compiled for a 12-month period, July of one year through
June of the following year. In this report the racial and ethnic
categories among U.S. citizens who received degrees during the
1987-94 period are charted and tabulated. Findings indicate that the
number of bachelor's degrees in science and engineering (S&E) fields
awarded to underrepresented minority students showed robust growth in
the early 1990s after a period of relatively slow growth from 1985 to
1990. (JRH)
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Science and
Engineering
Degrees, by
Race/Ethnicity
of Recipients:
1987-94
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Science and
Engineering
Degrees, by
Race/Ethnicity
of Recipients:
1987-94
Detailed Statistical Tables
Susan T. Hill, Author
Division of Science Resources Studies
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National Science Foundation
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CONTENTS
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Section
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General Notes
Data Highlights
A.
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5
Technical Notes
B.
23
Statistical Charts
C.
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Detailed Statistical Tables
D.
GENERAL NOTES
Sciences." The U.S. Department of Education includes
This publication is based on data obtained by the
the field of history in this broad category, so when it
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S.
collects the racial/ethnic data, this field is included.
Department of Education, from all accredited
institutions of higher education. These data cover
Before 1985, the broad category of "Engineering"
earned degrees conferred in the aggregate United
included engineering technologies. This report is
States, which includes the 50 States, the District of
different from earlier reports in that it excludes
Columbia, and the U.S. Territories and Outlying Areas
engineering technologies so that trend data by race/
(American Samoa, the former Canal Zone, the
ethnicity are more consistent with the definition of
Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
science and engineering used in other NSF reports. If
Islands, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands).
the reader is interested in earlier data for science fields
Degree data are compiled for a 12-month period, July
(that are consistent from 1977 to 1993), please request
of one year through June of the following year. For
Science and Engineering Degrees, by Race/Ethnicity of
convenience, degrees for such a given 12-month period
Recipients: 1977-91, NSF 94-306.
will be referred to by the year in which the period
ended, e.g., 1994 means the 12-month period ending
For more information, please contact
June 1994.
Susan T. Hill
There were changes in the classification of fields
Division of Science Resources Studies
between 1985-91 and 1992-93. See the Technical
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Notes for information on the field classifications used.
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has a large impactthe broad field of "Social
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