Testing the Double Bind Hypothesis: Faculty Recommendations of Minority Women Fellowship Applicants.

Brown, Shirley Vining

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ERIC Number: EJ576306

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Testing the Double Bind Hypothesis: Faculty Recommendations of Minority Women Fellowship Applicants.

Brown, Shirley Vining

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, v2 n4 p207-23 1995

Examines faculty and scientist recommendations of applicants to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Fellowship Program, 1976-91. Data from the Cumulative Index on National Science Foundation Fellowships Applicants and Awardees are used. Data analysis supports the double bind hypothesis that minority women are doubly disadvantaged simply because they are both minorities and women. Contains 55 references. (Author/PVD)

Descriptors: Awards, Fellowships, Higher Education, Hypothesis Testing, Minority Group Influences, Racial Bias, Science Education, Sex Bias, Statistical Analysis, Womens Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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