The Top 100 Interpreting the Data

Autor/inn/en	Borden, Victor M. H.; Brown, Pamela C.
Titel	The Top 100 Interpreting the Data
Quelle	In: Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 23 (2006) 11, S.34-37 (4 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1557-5411
Schlagwörter	Doctoral Degrees; Higher Education; Health Occupations; Professional Occupations; Asian Americans; Disproportionate Representation; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; American Indians; Minority Groups; Science Education; Technology Education; Engineering Education; Mathematics Education; Correctional Rehabilitation; Masters Degrees; Statistical Analysis; Enrollment Trends; School Demography; District of Columbia; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Doctoral degree; Doktorgrad; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Gesundheitsberuf; Berufsklassifikation; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; American Indian; Indianer; Ethnische Minderheit; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Technisch-naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Ingenieurausbildung; Mathematische Bildung; Statistische Analyse; Schulbesuchsrate
Abstract	Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master's, doctoral and first professional degrees, but there is still notable under-representation among African-Americans, Hispanics and American Indians at the doctoral and first professional ranks. The overall numbers also mask important representational differences across disciplines among various racial/ethnic groups. Asian Americans continue to obtain disproportionally high numbers of advanced degrees in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) and the health professions. African-Americans, in turn, have very low representation in these areas, but very high representation in education and human service fields like public administration and criminal justice. Hispanics--the fastest-growing ethnic group in the overall population--have made notable strides in representation among master's and doctoral degree recipients, but not as much among first professional degree recipients, which are dominated by law and the clinical health professions. Over a 10-year period, minority gains have outpaced White increases, but as advanced degree attainment becomes more closely linked to positions of influence, the stakes become greater. This edition of the Top 100 analysis considers graduate degrees awarded during the 2004-2005 academic year based on data from the U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Integrated Postsecondary Education Data Set (IPEDS). As in past years, this analysis is based on "preliminary" data, but is complete and accurate for those colleges and universities included in the analysis. In this analysis, only institutions eligible for Title IV funding (i.e., accredited by a federally recognized agency) are considered, located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia and that award post-baccalaureate degrees. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10