E-book
Access denied : race, ethnicity, and the scientific enterprise
Record details
- OCLC: 65185566
- ISBN: 9781423759348
- ISBN: 1423759346 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
xii, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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electronic - Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2000.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents: | United States demographics / George Campbell, Jr. -- Practitioner's perspective / Carlos Rodriguez -- Policy issues / Alan Fechter -- Entering the education pipeline / Shirley Malcom and Bernice Anderson -- Changing the face of science and engineering : good beginnings for the twenty-first century / Joan Bissell -- Early childhood science programs / Yolanda S. George -- Obstacles to policy formation / Antony Ward -- Influences on minority participation in mathematics, science, and engineering / Beatriz Chu Clewell and Jomills Henry Braddock II -- Advancing middle grade reform : research / Anita M. Baker -- It takes a village to raise a scientist / DeAnna Beane -- Policy perspective / Nancy Carson -- Transition to and from high school of ethnic minority students / Angela B. Ginorio and Jeri Grignon -- Explaining the unrealized aspirations of racial and ethnic minorities / Barbara Schneider -- College preparation process / Judith Shay -- Policy matters / R. Guy Vickers -- Barriers to minority success in college science, mathematics, and engineering programs / Reginald Wilson -- Role of state and institutional policies and practices / Richard C. Richardson, Jr. -- Reflection on the state of research : what next? / Vincent Tinto -- University faculty : priming the pump or lying in ambush? / William Yslas Vélez -- Rethinking the model / Antoinette Torres -- Financing opportunity for postsecondary education / Thomas G. Mortenson -- Preparation of minorities for academic careers in science and engineering : how well are we doing? / Shirley Vining Brown -- Enhancing the research base / Cheryl B. Leggon -- Next stage / Cora Marrett -- Policy perspectives / Daryl E. Chubin -- Models for studying early carerrs : minority scientists and engineers in industry / Terrence R. Russell -- Why are minority and women scientists still treated so badly? / Henry Etzkowitz -- Critical issues / George Campbell, Jr. -- Policy / Willie Pearson, Jr. -- Gaining access : a research and policy agenda / Ronni Denes. |
| Note: | Electronic reproduction. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2006. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to NetLibrary affiliated libraries. |