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Learning and Earning - January 1997

Tables 3 - 9 summarize the fellows recruited for the individual years covered by this study, 1985 - 1991. Degree completion was high, ranging from 89 percent to 100 percent for all years, except for FY 1988 which was 78 percent.

Table 5.--Number of Fellows by Degree Sought, Gender and Race: Fiscal Year 1986

Sex and Ethnicity Master's Post-Master's Doctor's Totals*
Recruited Degree Received Will Receive Recruited Degree Received Will Receive Recruited Degree Received Will Receive
Females:

White

6 6         5 5   10
Black 17 17   3 2 1 4 1 3 24
Hispanic 5 5   1 1   1   1 7
Asian 3 3               3
American Indian 1 1               1
SUBTOTALS 32 31   4 3 1 10 6 4 45
Males:

White

5 5               5
Black 6 4               4
Hispanic 1   1 1 1         2
SUBTOTALS 12 9 1 1 1         11
TOTALS 44 40 1 5 4 1 10 6 4 56
* These figures represent the totals of the columns Degree Received and Will Receive.

The data for FY 1987 indicate considerable success for the program in recruiting minorities and in obtaining high degree completion rates. Of the 59 fellows recruited, all but 3 received or will receive their degrees--a 95 percent success rate. The success rate for females was 13 percent higher than males. The success rate for minorities was 1 percent higher than whites. The completion rate for master's was 91 percent, post-master's was 100 percent and doctoral was also 100 percent.


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