National Scholars Program : excellence with diversity for the future: program design

National Scholars Program : excellence with diversity for the future: program design / Committee on the Feasibility of a National Scholars Program.

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Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 1996.
Subjects:
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
United States. > National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Scholarships.
fellowships.
scholarships.
Scholarships
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER
  • COPYRIGHT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
  • 1 INTRODUCTION
  • OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
  • 2 PROGRAM GOALS
  • NUMERICAL GOALS
  • WHY THE PH. D.?
  • IDEALISTIC GOALS
  • LONG-TERM GOAL
  • 3 PROGRAM DESIGN (STRUCTURE)
  • OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM
  • STRUCTURE: NATIONAL SCHOLARS CONSORTIA
  • Why a Consortium Approach?
  • Overview of the Consortium Model
  • THE CONSORTIUM PARTNERS
  • Undergraduate Program
  • Graduate Program
  • VERTICAL LINKAGES
  • Precollege-College Linkages
  • Undergraduate-Graduate Linkages
  • Scientific Societies
  • Minority Professional Societies
  • Existing Consortia and Organizations
  • NASA's Programs
  • STRUCTURE: NATIONAL SCHOLARS COORDINATING COUNCIL
  • DISCUSSION ISSUES
  • High School Programs
  • Student Choice
  • Formal Structure
  • Critical Mass
  • Legal Issues
  • 4 PROGRAM DESIGN (PROGRAM ELEMENTS)
  • INTRODUCTION
  • NATURE OF THE UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC PROGRAM
  • "NON-NEGOTIABLE" PROGRAM ELEMENTS
  • Prefreshman Summer Bridge Program
  • Mentoring
  • Academic Advising
  • Research Participation
  • Enrichment
  • RECRUITMENT
  • Undergraduate Recruitment
  • Community College Bridge Programs
  • 5 ADMINISTRATIVE ELEMENTS
  • STUDENT FINANCIAL SUPPORT
  • Undergraduate Scholarships
  • Graduate Student Support
  • PROGRAM EVALUATION
  • 6 SELECTION CRITERIA (STUDENTS AND CONSORTIA)
  • SELECTION OF STUDENTS
  • Student Statement and Letters of Recommendation
  • Course Preparation and Grades
  • Test Scores
  • Interview
  • Criteria for Program Entry Subsequent to Freshman Year
  • Criteria for Continuation in the Program
  • SELECTION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS
  • SELECTION OF CONSORTIA
  • Selection Criteria
  • DISCUSSION ISSUES
  • Implementation of Educational Elements
  • Contributions of Consortium Partners
  • Institutional Commitment
  • Record of Accomplishment
  • Quality of the Academic Program
  • Terms for Continuation of Funding
  • 7 NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
  • ESTIMATED NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
  • DISCUSSION ISSUES
  • 8 PROGRAM COSTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • STUDENT SUPPORT
  • Undergraduate Scholarships
  • Estimated Student Subsidies
  • Graduate Fellowships
  • PREFRESHMAN SUMMER BRIDGE PROGRAM
  • DIRECT PROGRAM COSTS
  • NATIONAL SCHOLARS COORDINATING COUNCIL
  • PHASE-IN OF CONSORTIA
  • SUMMARY OF COST ESTIMATES
  • 9 RECOMMENDATIONS
  • PROGRAM GOALS
  • ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE
  • PROGRAM ELEMENTS
  • NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
  • COSTS
  • NEXT STEPS
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • APPENDIX A ANNUAL COST ESTIMATES : YEARS 1 through 12
  • APPENDIX B DOCTORAL DEGREES AWARDED
  • TABLE B1: NUMBER OF DOCTORATES AWARDES BY RACE/ETHNICITY, BY SELECTED BROAD FIELD, 1976-1994
  • TABLE B2: DOCTORATES AWARDED BY RACE/ETHNICITY AND BROAD FIELS, 1994
  • TABLE B3: NUMBER OF DOCTORATES IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING AWARDED TO SELECTED MINORITY GROUPS
  • APPENDIX C NATIONAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM COMMITTEE.

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