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3 An HBCU Perspective
3 An HBCU Perspective
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Bozeman Spelman College During the past 20 years, Spelman College, a historically black, liberal arts college for women, has become one of the nation's leading institutions in preparing African American women who are successful in completing graduate and professional degrees in science, engineering, mathematics (SEM) , medicine, and related fields.
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The average percent of science graduates by major is shown in Figure 3.3. The average percent of graduates for all science disciplines collectively from 1977 to 2001 was 25 percent; the average percent of biochemistry and chemistry graduates during the same period was 14 percent.
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. A Central Dual Degree Engineering Office coordinated the transition of students from all AUC schools to the partner engineering schools in order to receive the additional engineering degree in a five-year program.
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The growth and success of the chemistry department in preparing African American women for the workforce, graduate school, and professional school were phenomenal during the next 20 years. A summary of this productivity in the department is evident most notably during the five-year growth period between 1993 and 1997 as summarized in Table 3.2.3 3Davis, S., and S
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It is a productivity characterized by an increasing number of graduates and a large percentage of students accepted into and enrolling in graduate and professional schools. During this same five-year interval the number of chemistry majors peaked at 155 in 1996, and the number of graduates peaked at 35 (including dual-degree engineering students)
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Many of the returning chemistry graduates attribute their postbaccalaureate success to the devotion, interest, and commitment of the faculty in their undergraduate preparation. These faculty are receptive and responsive to the academic needs of their students, fully engage students in the learning process, encourage students to assume responsibility for their education, and take the necessary measures to ensure that the learning environment is not compromised.
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The implementation of other divisional retention strategies in the sciences included the development of counseling and career guidance offices such as the Health Careers Office, the Office of Science, Engineering, and Technical Careers, the Office of Graduate Relations, and the Academic Success Office (formerly the Freshmen Success Office) for early intervention.
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Prizes are given for the best presentation in each cate~orv and me, , discipline at a culminating awards ceremony. Since 1988 Spelman has witnessed a 57 percent increase in the number of science majors pursuing doctoral degrees in the SEM areas.8 Chemistry majors also receive recognition for their academic achievements at the collegewide honors weekend activities.
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Given the successes, current status of the science education program, and available resources, Spelman College is poised to increase its leadership role in producing minorities in the chemical workforce. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We are grateful to the many individuals and offices at Spelman College who provided information, data, and reports for this presentation including Dr.
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Our first original research experience or research training experience with students was actually from the National Institutes of Health under the heading of the Minority Biomedical Research Support program, the undergraduate Minority Access Research Careers program, for example. We have those types of programs that provide faculty with release time to do research and that also provide time to purchase supplies and equipment and that pay students a stipend to come into their laboratory and spend a minimum of 12 hours in the laboratory per week and be full time during the summer.
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Cornelia D Gillyard: Spelman students who go away to graduate schools or other majority institutions with a different culture have experienced a similar culture shock.
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