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Table 2.1 Change of Surname
American Indian Asian Spanish - Speaking Black
(N = 4) (N = 9) (N = 8) (N = 16)
Yes 1 1
No 1 9 8 15
Qual. 2

 

Table 2.2 Directory Listing, Sex and Age of Respondents and Non-Respondents
American Indian Asian Spanish - Speaking Black Total
Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp
Female

2

2

2

4

3

1

10

8

32

Male

2

11

7

13

5

10

6

36

90
Total

4

13

9

17

8

11

16

44

122
Listed in a Professional Directory
Female

 

1

1

1

2

5
Male

4

3

7

1

5

1

14

35
Avg Age

39.3

48

40.3

44.9

38.8

45.3

34.7

53.9

 

Table 2.3 Highest Degree Attained, by Sex for Respondents and Non-Respondents
American Indian Asian Spanish - Speaking Black Total
Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp
PhD Male

2

7

6

12

4

8

5

19

63
PhD Female

1

 

2

 

3

1

9

3

19
MA Male

2

1

 

1

1

1

8

14
MA Female

1

2

 

2

 

1

1

7
BA Male

1

 

 

 

 

 

2

3
No Information
Male

1

 

1

 

1

 

7

10
Female

 

 

2

 

 

 

4

6
Total

4

13

9

17

8

11

16

44

122

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 2.4 Employment, by Sex for Respondents and Non-Respondents
American Indian Asian Spanish - Speaking Black Total
Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp Resp Non-Resp
University
Male

2

9

7

13

5

9

5

34

84
Female

2

1

1

1

2

1

9

8

25

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Non-University
Male 

1

 

 

 

 

 

1

1

3
Female

1

 

 

1

 

 

1

 

3
Unemployed
Female

 

 

1

 

1

 

 

 

2
No Information
Male

1

 

 

 

 

1

 

1

3
Female

2

 

 

 

 

2
Total

4

13

9

17

8

11

16

44

122


Table 2.5 Comparison of Ranked Departments Where Degree was Received
Department Granting Degree

1 - 10

11 - 20

 

 

 

 

3

1

 

 

 

1 - 10 

11%

3.70%
Department        
 Where

7

16
Employed

11 - 20 

26%

59.20%
       

This table places the 27 respondents to our questionnaire who have a PhD degree, and who work in a university, by rank of the department according to the Cartter Survey (see below).

(*Rankings of departments somewhat modified from A. M. Cartter, A Rating of Graduate Programs, 1971. American Council on Education, Washington, DC, p. 56.

1. Chicago               17. Brandeis
2. UC-Berkeley               Colorado
3. Michigan                  Indiana
4. Pennsylvania              Michigan State
5. Harvard                   Minnesota
6. Yale                      New Mexico
7. UC-Los Angeles            North Carolina
8. Columbia                  Oregon
9. Cornell                   Texas
10. Stanford                 Tulane
11. Illinois             18. SUNY-Buffalo
12. Arizona                  Hawaii
13. Pittsburgh               NYU
14. Wisconsin                Rochester
15. Northwestern             Southern Illinois
16. Washington, Seattle      Washington-St. Louis
                         19. Other
20. Foreign Institutions


Table 2.6 Comparison of Ranked Departments Where Degree was Received With 
Place Employed for 75 PhDs [X2 = 6.06, p < .02 (1df)] 
Department Granting Degree

 

 

1 - 10

11 - 20

 

 

 

 

9

3

 

 

 

1 - 10 

12%

4.00%
Department        
 Where

 

26

37
Employed

11 - 20 

35%

49.30%
       

Table 2.7 Academic Mobility of 75 Minority PhDs: Respondents and Non-
Respondents [X2 = 2.30 Not significant, (.50 < p < .32, 2df)] 
Respondents Non-Respondents

Total
Working in department

7

6

13
ranked higher than

25.90%

12.50%

17.30%
place where PhD awarded      

5

9

14
Same department

18.50%

18.75%

18.70%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Working in department

15

33

48
ranked lower than place

55.60%

68.75%

64%
where PhD awarded      

27

48

75
Total

100%

100%

100%