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Minorities in Science

The Challenge for Change in Biomedicine

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  • © 1977

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Editors:
  1. Vijaya L. Melnick

    1. Federal City College, USA

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  2. Franklin D. Hamilton

    1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, USA

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Table of contents (34 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Minorities in Science: Availability and Barriers That Affect Availability

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Black Americans in the Sciences

      • James M. Jay
      Pages 3-8

    3. Spanish-Surnamed Americans in Science: Availability and Barriers

      • J. V. Martinez
      Pages 9-15

    4. The New Medical College Admission Test: New Dimensions in Assessment

      • James L. Angel
      Pages 17-27

    5. The Graduate Record Examination and the Minority Student

      • Luis Nieves
      Pages 29-38

  4. Public Policy and Biomedical and Behavioral Training: Effective Development of Existing Potential

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81
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    2. Public Policy for Minority Self-Actualization: Present Realities and Future Possibilities

      • Vijaya L. Melnick
      Pages 83-91

    3. Some General Proposals for Increasing the Production of Minority Professionals in the Basic Sciences

      • Joseph W. Watson
      Pages 93-105

    4. National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Policies Affecting Minorities: An Outsider’s View

      • Jean V. Carew
      Pages 107-114

    5. An Informed Constituency with a Representative Bureaucracy: Health Policy and Black People

      • Therman E. Evans
      Pages 115-122

    6. Better Health Sciences through Minority Participation: The Case for Community-Based Minority Medical Schools

      • Robert J. Schlegel
      Pages 123-137

  5. Financial Support for Minority Scientific Activities in Education and Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 139-139
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    2. Funding of Minority Programs from the Private Sector: A Perspective from the Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation

      • Maxine Bleich
      Pages 141-149
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About this book

Change is the essence of progress. We now stand at the crossroads of our civilization where change is essential in the conduct of our institu­ tions, in the plans and models we project for the future, and in the very patterns of our thinking if we are to survive as "one nation under God . . . with liberty and justice for all. " Opportunity to participate and fulfill the responsibility of building the nation must be available to all citizens in a true republic. For the viability of governmental institutions, in a modem democratic nation­ state, rests on the diversity of the genius of her citizens, and this enables the nation to accommodate herself better to changes of the times. But if the nation becomes impervious to change and resistant to modify its institutions to keep in pace with the times, then the nation will indeed be doomed to wither and perish. History is replete with examples of civilizations that have gone that course. It is therefore our responsibility to insure that our government institutions are kept receptive to change and reflective of the needs and concerns of her citizenry. In America today, economic and social powers generally go to those who can claim a superior education and professional experience. As our society, and indeed the world, becomes increasingly dependent on science and technology, education in those fields becomes impera­ tive to the power equation.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Federal City College, USA

    Vijaya L. Melnick

  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory, The University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, USA

    Franklin D. Hamilton

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Minorities in Science

  • Book Subtitle: The Challenge for Change in Biomedicine

  • Editors: Vijaya L. Melnick, Franklin D. Hamilton

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-5851-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-5853-5Published: 20 March 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-5851-1Published: 17 April 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 296

  • Topics: Science Education

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