Minorities in Science: The Challenge for Change in Biomedicine

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Black Americans in the Sciences....Pages 3-8
Spanish-Surnamed Americans in Science: Availability and Barriers....Pages 9-15
The New Medical College Admission Test: New Dimensions in Assessment....Pages 17-27
The Graduate Record Examination and the Minority Student....Pages 29-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Minority Students and the Political Environment: A Historical Perspective....Pages 41-52
Status and Prospects of Minority Students in Traditional Medical Schools....Pages 53-58
Sociocultural Factors as a Deterrent to Students’ Pursuit of the Sciences....Pages 59-63
Problems of Minorities at Majority Institutions: A Student’s Perspective....Pages 65-71
Medical Education and the Minority Student....Pages 73-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Public Policy for Minority Self-Actualization: Present Realities and Future Possibilities....Pages 83-91
Some General Proposals for Increasing the Production of Minority Professionals in the Basic Sciences....Pages 93-105
National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Policies Affecting Minorities: An Outsider’s View....Pages 107-114
An Informed Constituency with a Representative Bureaucracy: Health Policy and Black People....Pages 115-122
Better Health Sciences through Minority Participation: The Case for Community-Based Minority Medical Schools....Pages 123-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Funding of Minority Programs from the Private Sector: A Perspective from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation....Pages 141-149
Graduate Fellowship Opportunities for Minorities Most Commonly Discriminated Against in Higher Education....Pages 151-153
National Institutes of Health Minority Research and Training Programs....Pages 155-159
Minority Programs Funded by the National Science Foundation....Pages 161-164
Minority Programs Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health....Pages 165-171
The Importance and Impact of Funding Science Programs at Minority Institutions....Pages 173-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Affirmative Action: A Congressional Perspective....Pages 179-186
A National Policy for Affirmative Action in Higher Education....Pages 187-194
Rules of the Game: An Essay in Two Parts....Pages 195-207
Front Matter....Pages 209-209
Prehealth Summer Programs....Pages 211-213
Basic Science Enrichment Courses for Minority Medical Students....Pages 215-224
Undergraduate Research Training....Pages 225-230
The Harvard Health-Careers Summer Program....Pages 231-235
Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs for Minority Students....Pages 237-240
Front Matter....Pages 241-241
Training at the Collegiate and Precollegiate Interface: STRIKE as an Example....Pages 243-253
Motivating Upper-Elementary-Level Mexican-American Students toward Science Careers....Pages 255-258
Ethnoscience: An Educational Concept....Pages 259-266
The Utility of a Piagetian Approach in Developing Precollegiate Science Programs for Minorities....Pages 267-273
Science Education for Minorities: A Bibliography: A Preliminary Report....Pages 275-280
Summary....Pages 281-286
Back Matter....Pages 287-296