Word: academia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Evans likes to tell the story that a few years ago his office looked over the application forms of minority students listed "academia" as a profession they would like to enter...
Educators say that one reason for the lack of interest in academia among minorities, beyond the small number of minority faculty members, is the attraction of higher paying professions, such as medicine, law and business...
...There are some very practical problems with academia as a career. [Minorities] are not as familiar with academic careers, and their parents see straighter lines of success in professions," Harrison says...
...Many of the most talented students are now focused solely on the professions, but we are trying to convince them that academia is one of their opotions for being successful," Blackman says...
...order to lure minority undergraduates to academia, Harrison says that "you need a curriculum and a faculty here working in areas that minority undergraduates are likely to find exciting." And right now, he says, Harvard is not really competitive with the other professions because minority students are not getting the right signals. Minority Enrollment at Harvard...