25 Nov 2015
Video

Long Story Short: Increasing the Number of Minority Students Pursuing Ph.D.'s—Which Schools Are Doing the Best Job?

Despite recent increases, the number of underrepresented minorities pursuing Ph.D.'s in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) continues to lag behind the overall population. In this video interview, Rachel Upton, AIR research scholar, examines the role that historically black colleges and universities play in increasing STEM participation specifically among black students.

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24 Sep 2014
News Release

HBCUs Key to Producing Black STEM Ph.D.'s, But These Grads Have Less Aid, More Debt

New research on the educational pathways of black STEM Ph.D. holders finds that nearly a third of those from historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) graduated with high levels of debt. AIR also found that 72 percent of those with a STEM doctorate from an HBCU also earned their undergraduate degree at an historically black institution.
24 Sep 2014
Brief

The Role of Historically Black Colleges and Universities as Pathway Providers: Institutional Pathways to the STEM Ph.D. Among Black Students

The participation of diverse groups of individuals in STEM academic and workforce communities is severely lacking, particularly in the context of the nation’s shifting demographic landscape. This brief examines black STEM Ph.D. recipients’ institutional pathways to the doctorate and provides insight into who among black students are earning STEM doctoral degrees, whether black students are earning these degrees at historically black colleges and universities or other types of institutions, and the extent to which they being supported financially in their degree pursuits.
Topic: 
Education, Postsecondary Education, STEM
2 Jan 2013
Report

How Long Does It Take? STEM Ph.D. Completion for Underrepresented Minorities

This issue brief is the first in a series produced by AIR to promote research, policy, and practice related to broadening the participation of traditionally underrepresented groups in STEM doctoral education and the workforce.

Topic: 
Education, STEM

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