Abbreviations 



BPS Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study 



EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission 



IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 



NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration 



NCES National Center for Education Statistics 



NSF National Science Foimdation 



NSOPF National Survey of Postsecondary Faculty 



OCR Office for Civil Rights 



SDR Survey of Doctorate Recipients 



SED Survey of Earned Doctorates 



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