9. The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. I. Improving Doctoral Education
5. 1. Changing the Education of Scholars 15
6. 2. The Council of Graduate Schools' PhD Completion Project 35
7. 3. Advocating Apprenticeship and Intellectual Community 53
8. 4. Three Ways of Winning Doctoral Education 65
9. 5. Confronting Common Assumptions 80
10. II. Attracting Undergraduates to PhD Study
11. 6. Generating Doctoral Degree Candidates at Liberal Arts Colleges 93
12. 7. Undergraduate STEM Research Experiences 109
13. III. Increasing the Representation of People of Color in the PhD Pool
14. 8. Minority Students in Science and Math 123
15. 9. The Mathematical and Theoretical Biology 135
16. 10. Curriculum Intensity in Graduate Preparatory Programs 146
17. 11. Assessing Programs to Improve Minority Participation in the STEM Fields 160
18. IV. Increasing the Representation of Women in Academia
19. 12. First a Glass Ceiling, Now a Glass Cliff? 175
20. 13. Increasing Women's Representation in the Life Sciences 182
21. 14. Attracting and Retaining Women in Engineering 192
22. V. The Internationalization of Doctoral Education
23. 15. Do Foreign Doctorate Recipients Displace U.S. Doctorate 209 Recipients at U.S. Universities? 209
24. 16. Opening (and Closing) Doors 224
25. 17. What the "War on Terror" Has Meant for U.S. Colleges and Universities 249
26. Looking to the Future 259
27. NOTES 263
28. REFERENCES 277
29. CONTRIBUTORS 293
30. AUTHOR INDEX 297
31. SUBJECT INDEX 301