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Spelman sends high ratio of blacks to PhDs.(NEWSWATCH)
Spelman College, the women's HBCU in Atlanta, has ranked second in the nation in sending the most black graduates on to PhD programs in science and math from 1997 to 2006. Not too shabby, considering that the top ranking went to a college that is more than three times its size.
With a student body of only 2,200 undergrads, Spelman has sent 150 of its black, female graduates on to math and science PhD programs, fields needing more women.
Top ranked Howard University in DC has 7,000 undergrads of both sexes. It sent 224 black students on to PhDs in the fields. (Mathematically, Spelman sent on 68 students per 1000 students on campus, compared with Howard's 32 students per 1000 on campus.) How do they do it?
"We talk to the students very early on about what it takes to be successful in the sciences, and we immediately start preparing ...
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