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Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the Biological Sciences: Program and Nonprogram Schools
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From page 53... ... One objective of the MARC Honors program is to improve undergraduate science curricula; the MBRS program seeks to strengthen the schools' biomedical research capability. These qualitative, institutional objectives are more difficult to assess than individual achievements. Read the entire page →
From page 54... ... However, for l974, comparable data are available from a sample survey sponsored by the Higher Education Panel (HEP) of the American Council on EducationJ Degrees Conferred in the Biological Sciences The percentage of bachelor's degrees awarded to students majoring in the biological sciences rose in the early l970s and declined in the late l970s. Read the entire page →
From page 55... ... See Table 6.1 for supporting data. Read the entire page →
From page 56... ... Department of Education, HEGIS Survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred. Read the entire page →
From page 57... ... Hispanics were also less likely to be biology majors in predominantly black schools. This suggests that a group's numerical dominance in an institution was related to its likelihood of majoring in the biological sciences. Read the entire page →
From page 58... ... . From l976 to l981, all groups of MBRS schools had net increases in the proportion of black students majoring in the biological sciences. Read the entire page →
From page 59... ... SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, HEGIS Survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred. Read the entire page →
From page 60... ... Alternative Hypotheses The data in the preceding section indicate that the percentage of black students earning bachelor's degrees in the biological sciences increased at MBRS schools and that the percentage of black and Hispanic students earning biology degrees increased at MARC Honors program schools. These findings are consistent and suggest the operation of direct program effects. Read the entire page →
From page 61... ... SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, HEGIS Survey of Degrees and Other Formal Awards Conferred. Read the entire page →
From page 62... ... In order to focus on institutional impacts of the MARC and MBkS programs, schools rather than individuals became the unit of analysis. For each school, the percentages of black, Hispanic, and white graduates earning degrees in the biological sciences were calculated by dividing the number of biology graduates from each racial or ethnic group by the total number of graduates from that race or ethnic group. Read the entire page →
From page 63... ... (l98l) Black All Schools Schools with 30 or more Black Graduates Hispanic All Schools Schools with 30 or more Hispanic Graduates l,793 58,385 60,726 3.8 3.7 330 47,157 46,l20 3.9 3.9 l,793 26,ll7 33,l35 5.7 5.9 ll7 20,446 23,34l 6.0 l.7 White All Schools Schools with 30 or more White Graduates l,793 806,l08 807,347 6.0 4.6 l,l47 765,537 757,l44 6.2 4.8 SOURCE: U.S. Read the entire page →
From page 64... ... revealed the impact of a year of program funding on the l98l percentages after the 1976 level was control led.5 The results for the MARC Honors program are summarized in Model l of Table 6.5.^ The percentage of black graduates earning degrees in the biological sciences rose by nearly one percentage point for each year that the institution was in the MARC Honors program. The effect was somewhat smaller for Hispanics. Read the entire page →
From page 65... ... SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, HEGIS Survey of Degrees, Other Formal Awards Conferred; National Science Foundation, Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Selected Nonprofit Institutions. Read the entire page →
From page 66... ... A final test of the impact of the MARC Honors program was made by examining the relationship between program size and the percentage of degrees earned in the biological sciences. If there is a direct impact of the programs (rather than a spurious association due to some other institutional characteristic) Read the entire page →
From page 67... ... SOURCES: U.S. Department of Education, HEGIS Survey of Degrees, Other Formal Awards Conferred; National Science Foundation, Survey of Federal Support to Universities, Colleges, and Selected Nonprofit Institutions. Read the entire page →
From page 68... ... . When the effects of school size, biological science training funds, doctoral programs, private control, and percentage black were controlled, an increase of one MARC Honors trainee was associated with nearly a one point increase in the percentage of students earning degrees in the biological sciences. Read the entire page →

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... One objective of the MARC Honors program is to improve undergraduate science curricula; the MBRS program seeks to strengthen the schools' biomedical research capability. These qualitative, institutional objectives are more difficult to assess than individual achievements.

Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the Biological Sciences: Program and Nonprogram Schools Pages 53-68

Bachelors Degrees Awarded in the Biological Sciences: Program and Nonprogram Schools
Pages 53-68