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Sherrill L. Sellers

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Structure -> refers to the established,customary and respected ways in whichsociety operates.

Structural inequality-> refers to theestablished, customary and respectedways in which society operates to keepsubordinate groups at the back of theline.

The Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of the United States

U.S. College-Aged Population

SOURCE: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Survey, annual series; and U.S. Bureau of the Census, Projections of the Total Resident Population by 5-Year Age Groups, and Sex With Special Age Categories: Middle Series, 1999 to 2100, NP-T3,

Diversity of Science Workforce

Group % in Population

Science and Engineering

Men 49% 75%

Women 51% 25%

White 69% 76%

Black 12% 4%

Asian 4% 14%

Hispanic 13% 3%

Native American 0.7% 0.2%

Disabled 19% 7%

•NSF Report on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering 2004•US Census Bureau Report 2002