Opening the Door to a Doctorate

A summer research program encourages minority students to consider careers in academe

By JENNIFER JACOBSON

Antoine Gates can think of only one black Ph.D. in the chemistry department at Jackson State University, a historically black institution where he is a chemistry major. With the exception of faculty members in Latino studies, Jose Rivera has not seen that many Hispanic...

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