The American Math and Science Student Support Act: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Science of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, April 29, 1992, Količina 4United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Subcommittee on Science U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992 - 203 strani This document presents the transcript of a congressional hearing to consider the American Math and Science Student Support Act, H.R. 4595. The legislation is designed to address the issue of attracting a greater proportion of U.S. citizens to graduate study in science, mathematics, and engineering. The hearings include testimony and prepared statements from witnesses who have been asked to comment on the possible effects of the bill on increasing the participation of U.S. citizens in such graduate study. Witnesses include Dr. Jules LaPidus, President, Council of Graduate Schools, representing the Association of American Universities, Washington, D.C.; Dr. Frank Morris, Dean of Graduate Studies, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, and President, Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools; Dr. William Powers, Provost, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan; Dr. Stanford Penner, Professor of Applied Mechanics and Engineering Sciences, University of California, San Diego, California, and Chairman of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the International Exchange and Movement of Engineers. Appendices include: Dr. Morris' address to the plenary session of the Council of Graduate Schools on Dec. 5, 1991; a letter from J. P. Densler to P. Henry; a statement from NAFSA Association of International Educators; and a statement from the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. (MDH) |
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Stran 77 - Dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs at the University of Maryland at College Park...
Stran 88 - Hale brought to the attention of the meeting the question of a popular journal to be published jointly by the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and stated that the matter would be brought up later for further consideration.
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Stran 87 - Thank you for the opportunity to testify. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Stran 13 - Chairman, thank you for the opportunity to testify, and I would be pleased to answer any questions.
Stran 168 - The preparation of this report was a project of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences in cooperation with the Mutual Security Agency.
Stran 70 - The significance of racism lies in the way it consigns certain human beings to the margins of society, if not painful lives and early deaths. In the United States, racism takes its highest toll on blacks. No white person can claim to have suffered in such ways because of ideas that may be held about them by some black citizens.
Stran 88 - This work was supported by research grants from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the National Institutes of Health...
Stran 40 - The gentleman from California, Mr. Packard? Mr. PACKARD. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Stran 88 - Colleges, and the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. The American Council on Education represents 1,194 colleges and universities, 179 nonprofit educational organizations, and 52 nonmember affiliates.