ED363249 HE026913
Title: Environments of Support.
Author(s): Wagner, Ursula
Author Affiliation: American Council on Education, Washington, DC.
Office of Minorities in Higher Education.(BBB29536)
Pages: 142
Publication Date: 1992
Sponsoring Agency: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, NY. (BBB11711)
Available from: EDRS Price MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from
EDRS.
Availability: American Council on Education, Publications Department
ES, One Dupont Circle, Washington, DC 20036 ($20).
Language: English
Document Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data (110); Reports--Descriptive
(141)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIEMAR1994
This report
describes findings of a study concerned with identifying environments
of support to increase the participation and success of African
Americans, American Indians, Hispanics, and U.S.-born Asian Americans
in doctoral programs. The project found that supportive environments
include: (1) aggressive and targeted recruitment efforts; (2) substantial,
multi-year fellowships and assistantships; (3) a locus of academic
and social support services for minority graduate students; (4)
an atmosphere of expected success; (5) departmental culture that
supports faculty mentoring; (6) student support groups; (7) curricula
which encompass diversity issues; and (8) a "critical mass"
of minority students and faculty within individual departments.
Preliminary information documents the extent of the problem and
the study's approach. Six case studies describe programs at the
following institutions: the Graduate School and University Center
of the City University of New York; the University of Michigan;
Brown University; the University of Texas at Austin; the University
of Florida; and the University of California at Berkeley. Extensive
appendices include: a list of persons interviewed for the study;
a checklist for universities; suggested resources; tables listing
minority Ph.D.s from 1979-89 at the top 50 universities, and doctorates
awarded U.S. citizens by institution, major field, and ethnic group,
1979-89. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence; American Indians; Asian Americans;
Black Students; *Demonstration Programs; *Doctoral Programs; *Ethnic
Groups; *Graduate Study; Higher Education; Hispanic Americans; Mentors;
*Minority Groups; Multicultural Education; Statistical Data; Student
Development; Student Financial Aid; Student Needs; *Student Personnel
Services; Student Recruitment; Teaching Assistants
Identifiers: African Americans; City University of New York; *Diversity
(Student); University of California; University of Florida; University
of Michigan; University of Texas Austin
