Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers records, 1987-1994.

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Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers records, 1987-1994.

The collection contains material pertaining to the program's operations and activities at Duke University as well as at the historically black colleges and universities that participated. Present are reports, correspondence, printed material, clippings, and financial records documenting the various facets of the five year effort to educate minority undergraduate students in preparation for careers in college teaching and research. Throughout the records attention is paid to the impact of the program, primarily measured by the students' post-graduate activities. Correspondence and proposals originating from Duke and the Dana Foundation, as well as press releases and clippings provide summary information on the creation and activities of the program.

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Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers.

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The Program on Preparing Minorities for Academic Careers was launched in 1989 with a grant from the Charles A. Dana Foundation to Duke University and five historically black colleges and universities: Spelman College, Xavier University, Morehouse College, Hampton University, and Tuskegee University. The program's purpose was to increase the number of minority undergraduate students preparing for careers as college and university professors. From the description of Program on Preparin...

Charles A. Dana Foundation

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Foundation headquarters moved from Connecticut to New York, New York in May 1980. From the description of [Annual reports], 1963- (Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis). WorldCat record id: 43460916 ...