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UCSD HONORED BY QUALITY EDUCATION FOR MINORITIES NETWORK

The University of California, San Diego has been honored by the Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) Network in Washington, D.C., for its significant contribution to the number of doctoral degrees in mathematics, the physical sciences, and engineering granted to African Americans, Alaska natives, American Indians and Hispanics.

UCSD is one of 27 doctoral degree granting institutions to be recognized by the QEM Network in a report entitled Top Producers of Minority Doctoral Degree Recipients in Mathematics, Computer Science, the Physical Sciences and Engineering which covered the period 1990-1997. The information came from the annual Survey of Earned Doctorates sponsored by the National Science Foundation and several other federal agencies.

UCSD also was recognized for its track record in producing undergraduates who successfully pursued Ph.D. degrees in mathematics, the physical sciences and engineering between 1991 and 1995.

Shirley McBay, QEM president, said that together, the 27 institutions account for almost 50 percent of the mathematics, physical sciences and engineering doctoral degrees received by minorities between 1990 and 1997 - though they represent less than 10 percent of U.S. institutions offering these degrees.

QEM is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving education for minorities.