The total number of college graduates in the US rose to 40,621,000 in 2003, an increase of 40% in the decade between 1993 and 2003.

A slightly greater percentage (12%) of all graduates held science and engineering (S&E) jobs than did their counterparts in 1993 (11%).

Over one-third (38%) of all employed college graduates in the US have attained degrees higher than a Bachelor's degree.

Of individuals whose highest level of degree attainment is the doctorate, approximately 50% work in S&E occupations, reflecting the high proportion of individuals with a doctorate degree in science and engineering.

Nearly half (49%) of all college graduates in the US are women. Women represent more than half of all college graduates whose level of educational attainment is at the bachelor's level (51%) or at the Master's level (53%). men are a greater proportion of college graduates whose highest degrees are doctorates or professional degrees (67%).

Among college graduates, some 12% are underrepresented minorities (black, Hispanic, American Indian or Alaska native, native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander), another 7% are Asian, and approximately 1% reported that they are multiracial. Immigrants continue to be an important component of the ranks of the college educated in the US, making up 12% of this population.

SOURCE: National Science Foundation: InfoBrief, December 2005.(NSF 06-304)

Contact: Dr. Tarlochan Dhillon, Dept of Natural Sciences & Mathematics, COST

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MAGEC-STEM Students Present at 2005 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

The abstracts of the following MAGEC-STEM students and biology majors have been accepted for presentation at the 2005 ABRCMS to be held on Nov 2-5 at Atlanta, GA. The MAGEC-STEM students conducted their research in the summer of 2005 under the supervision of the faculty of Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics. Dr. Chetty and Dr. Mesco attended the conference to assist the students in their presentations.

• Phylogenetic Analysis of the Conserved Stress Responses in Eukarya (I): by Mallori Boyd, Latecia Crawford, and Eugene R. Mesco.
• 2. Phylogenetic Analysis of the Conserved Stress Responses in Eukarya (II): by Latecia Crawford*, Mallori Boyd, and Eugene R. Mesco.
• Microwave Assisted Parallel Esterification: by Brandon Anim*, Olarongbe Olubajo and Zhiyan Song
• Development of Monoclonal Antibodies for Detection of Human Metapneumovirus: by Khamisi Campbell*, Robert J. Hogan, and Ralph A. Tripp
• Analysis of an Arabidopsis Leucine-rich Repeat Receptor-like Kinase (LRR RLK) Gene: by T. Goodman-Burleson*, X. Zhang, C. S. Chetty
• Cell Recruitment to the Site of Infection in a Mouse Model of Filariasis: by Tracey Modeste*, Manish Ramesh, T.V. Rajan
• Investigation P: Tracking Down the Logjam in Female Behavior: by Lavezza P. Zanders* and Ginger E. Carney
• . Leaching losses of anionic nutrient elements from soils amended with poultry litter and fly ash: by Lashasta Robinson* and P. Sivam.
• The Effects of a para-substituted Aniline Analog on Rat Erythrocytes: by Brittany A. Williams* and Elissa Purnell.
• Isolation and Characterization of a New Aflatoxin B1 Dihydrodiol Metabolite: by Doriane L. Sewell, Denise N. Johnson, Patricia A. Egner, and John D. Groopman

*Student Presenter

• Four biology majors have been assisted by Dr. Chetty to pursue their 2005 summer research internships at Johns Hopkins University, University of Georgia, University of Connecticut Health Center, and Texas A & M University.

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