ANDP Survey - Diversity

5. Diversity

Table 5a - Minority Representation

The representation of U.S. racial and ethnic minorities as a percentage of all predoctoral trainees has almost doubled since the 1986 and 1991 surveys. However, a comparable increase in their representation among postdoctoral trainees has not yet occurred. Similarly, while minority representation at the faculty level appears to have increased gradually over the years, it still remains relatively low.

Survey Year	86	91	98	00*
	Percent of Total
Predoctoral	10	9	18	16
Postdoctoral	22	6	21	7
Tenure-stream Faculty	5	6	7	8

* Survey questions #14, 18, 23

Table 5b - Minority Distribution

Among the U.S. racial and ethnic minority population, Asian-Americans represented the largest group of predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, and tenure-stream faculty, in the neural sciences. Hispanic-Americans were less numerous in all three categories, while African-Americans were even fewer in number, and Native Americans were still fewer (data not obtained in 1986 survey).

Survey Years	91	98	00*	91	98	00*	91	98	00*
	Percent of Total Minority
	Predoc			Postdoc			Faculty
Asian-Amer.	38	42	42	53	50	51	64	61	51
Hispanic-Amer.	32	25	27	25	10	21	22	20	25
African-Amer.	22	20	16	12	32	5	11	7	10
Native-Amer.	-	8	7	-	4	2	-	5	0
Other	8	5	8	10	4	21	3	7	14

* Survey questions #14, 18, 23

February 22, 2007