Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering, 1996DIANE Publishing, 1998 - 283 pages |
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Recommended Citation National Science Foundation . Women , Minorities , and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering : 1996. Arlington , VA , 1996. ( NSF 96-311 ) CONTENTS Foreword ..... Acknowledgments Abbreviations ...
Recommended Citation National Science Foundation . Women , Minorities , and Persons With Disabilities in Science and Engineering : 1996. Arlington , VA , 1996. ( NSF 96-311 ) CONTENTS Foreword ..... Acknowledgments Abbreviations ...
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... Persons With Disabilities .... Scholastic Aptitude Test .... SIDEBARS American Indian Schools .......... Course Taking and Test Performance References .......... Chapter 3. The Undergraduate Experience in Science , Mathematics , and ...
... Persons With Disabilities .... Scholastic Aptitude Test .... SIDEBARS American Indian Schools .......... Course Taking and Test Performance References .......... Chapter 3. The Undergraduate Experience in Science , Mathematics , and ...
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... Persons With Disabilities Elementary / Secondary Education The incidence of elementary / secondary students with disabilities is increasing . Approximately 6 percent of the population of children from birth through age 21 in the United ...
... Persons With Disabilities Elementary / Secondary Education The incidence of elementary / secondary students with disabilities is increasing . Approximately 6 percent of the population of children from birth through age 21 in the United ...
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Employment Levels and Trends About 20 percent of the population have some form of disability ; about 10 percent have a severe disability.7 Persons with disabilities were 13 percent of all employed persons in 1991 and were 5 percent of ...
Employment Levels and Trends About 20 percent of the population have some form of disability ; about 10 percent have a severe disability.7 Persons with disabilities were 13 percent of all employed persons in 1991 and were 5 percent of ...
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... disability categories . 70 60 Percent 50 40 30 30 20 20 10 0 White men White women Asian men Asian women Black men Black Hispanic Hispanic women men women American Indian men American Persons Indian with women disabilities See appendix ...
... disability categories . 70 60 Percent 50 40 30 30 20 20 10 0 White men White women Asian men Asian women Black men Black Hispanic Hispanic women men women American Indian men American Persons Indian with women disabilities See appendix ...
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1996 Appendix table 4-year colleges academic add to totals Agricultural science American Indian bachelor's degrees bachelor's science Biological sciences campuses compared Computer science Department of Education/NCES differences Disabilities in Science disability status doctoral degrees doctoral scientists Doctorate Recipients Educational Testing Service employed employment engi engineering doctorates engineering faculty engineering fields engineering graduates engineering majors enrollment Figure full-time grades graduate students high school Higher Education institutions less males master's degrees Mathematical science National Science Foundation National Science Foundation/SRS Natural sciences neering non-Hispanic Non-science and engineering Nonresident aliens Number Percent Percent distribution percent of black percentage Persons With Disabilities Physical sciences population Postsecondary Program Psychology races and ethnicities racial/ethnic groups reported Research assistantship science and engineering science and mathematics scientists and engineers sex and race/ethnicity Social sciences students with disabilities Survey of Doctorate Teaching assistantship tenure Total science U.S. citizens U.S. Department undergraduate Underrepresented minorities University variables Washington
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Page 105 - Specific learning disability" means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations.
Page 105 - The term means a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree, which adversely affects educational performance: a. An inability to learn which cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors b. An inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers c.
Page 95 - disability" means, with respect to an individual (A) a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of such individual; (B) a record of such an impairment; or (C) being regarded as having such an impairment.
Page 105 - A tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems.
Page 105 - Concomitant impairments (such as mentally retardedblind, mentally retarded-orthopedically impaired, etc.), the combination of which causes such severe educational problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for one of the impairments.
Page 105 - Deafness" means a hearing impairment that is so severe that the child is impaired in processing linguistic information through hearing, with or without amplification, that adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Page 105 - Deaf-blindness" means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational problems that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness. (3) "Deafness...
Page 105 - Other health impaired" means limited strength, vitality or alertness, due to chronic or acute health problems such as a heart condition, tuberculosis, rheumatic fever, nephritis, asthma, sickle cell anemia, hemophilia, epilepsy, lead poisoning, leukemia, or diabetes, which adversely affects a child's educational performance.
Page 253 - ... to 39 years old 40 to 49 years old 50 to 59 years old 60...
Page 95 - Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions and enumerators.