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Bernard, R. E., & Mayfield, K. K. (2017, December). Doctoral Programs Need Changes to Attract and Retain Underrepresented Groups. In AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts (Vol. 2017, pp. ED22B-02).
Bernard, Rachel E., and Kerrita Kimberly Mayfield. "Doctoral Programs Need Changes to Attract and Retain Underrepresented Groups." AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts. Vol. 2017. 2017.
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RE Bernard, KK Mayfield - AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts, 2017 - ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Doctoral Programs Need Changes to Attract and Retain Underrepresented Groups.

STEM and underrepresented

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Geoscience is currently recognized as the least diverse of all STEM fields. While attention typically focuses on K-12 and undergraduate populations, the extreme lack of diversity among graduate students, and doctoral students in particular, should be examined and addressed. In 2016, members of underrepresented minority (URM) groups made up only 6% of those graduating with geoscience PhDs. In all STEM fields, only 48% of Hispanic/Latino and 38% of Black/African American doctoral studies had earned doctorates within 7 years …

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