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African Americans Among Degree Recipients

October 2010
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Hispanic Americans Among Degree Recipients

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Native Americans Among Degree Recipients

August 2010
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Untapped Talent: The African American Presence in Physics and the Geosciences

September 2008

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Race and Ethnicity of Physics PhDs, Classes of 2014 through 2016.

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Number of Physics Doctorates Earned by African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans, Classes 1997 through 2016.

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Race and Ethnicity of Physics PhDs, Classes of 2010 through 2012

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Number of Physics Doctorates Earned by African Americans and Hispanic Americans, Classes of 1997 through 2012

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Minority and Ethnic Profile of Physics PhDs, Classes of 2007 & 2008

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