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Women, minorities fuel grad school boost.(NEWSWATCH)
Buying into education as the means to fulfill the Great American Dream, women and minorities are responsible for the 2% increase in grad school enrollment from 2004 to 2005, as recently reported by the Council of Graduate Schools.
Women increased 3% to become 58% of graduate students while men increased just 1%, to 42%. At Master's degree-granting schools, women were 65% of the students.
Likewise, more minorities attended grad school, averaging an increase of about 6% between 1986 and 2005, while that for whites has been about 1%. Among U.S. citizens and permanent residents, minorities are now 26% of grad students: African-Americans are 12%, Hispanic/Latinos are 7%, Asians are 6% and American Indians are 1%. Of African-Americans, women make up 71% of grad students while men are just 29%.
The most popular fields are education with 20% of students and business with 14%. While women are 74% of grad students in education, they are only 43% of those ...
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