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Author Program, Committee on the Feasibility of a National Scholars

Title National Scholars Program - SUMMARY : Excellence with Diversity for the Future
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1995

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Description 1 online resource (45 pages)
Contents ""THE NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM: EXCELLENCE WITH DIVERSITY FOR THE FUTURE""; ""Copyright""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""Contents""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""2 NEED FOR A NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM ""; ""WHAT IS THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM?""; ""OVERALL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT""; ""African Americans""; ""Hispanics""; ""American Indians""; ""SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND ENGINEERING EDUCATION""; ""BARRIERS TO PARTICIPATION""; ""INSTITUTIONAL CLIMATE""; ""WHY IS THE PROBLEM IMPORTANT?""; ""WHY IS A NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM NEEDED?""; ""3 PROGRAM GOALS ""; ""NUMERICAL GOALS""
""WHY THE PH. D.?""""IDEALISTIC GOALS""; ""4 PROGRAM DESIGN (STRUCTURE) ""; ""NATIONAL SCHOLARS CONSORTIA""; ""THE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS""; ""VERTICAL LINKAGES""; ""NATIONAL SCHOLARS COORDINATING COUNCIL""; ""DISCUSSION ISSUES""; ""High School Programs""; ""Student Choice""; ""Legal Issues""; ""5 PROGRAM DESIGN (PROGRAM ELEMENTS) ""; ""PREFRESHMAN SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM""; ""MENTORING""; ""ACADEMIC ADVISEMENT""; ""RESEARCH PARTICIPATION""; ""ENRICHMENT""; ""UNDERGRADUATE RECRUITMENT""; ""6 ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENTS ""; ""STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT""; ""Undergraduate Scholarships""
""Graduate Student Support""""PROGRAM EVALUATION""; ""7 SELECTION CRITERIA ""; ""SELECTION OF STUDENTS""; ""SELECTION OF CONSORTIA""; ""8 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS ""; ""9 PROGRAM COSTS ""; ""STUDENT SUPPORT""; ""Undergraduate Scholarships""; ""Graduate Fellowships""; ""PREFRESHMAN SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM""; ""DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS""; ""NATIONAL SCHOLARS COORDINATING COUNCIL""; ""PHASE-IN OF CONSORTIA""; ""10 RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""REFERENCES""
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Subject United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
SUBJECT United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. fast (OCoLC)fst00528469
Subject Universities and colleges -- Funds and scholarships
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309570480
0309570484
0309055997
9780309055994