Strategies for Maintaining the Flow of Natural Scientists and 

 Engineers 



Millions of Persons 

 Women or Minorities Majorities 



10th 

 Grade 



College freshman 

 with interest in S & E 



B.S. degree in S & E 



M.S. degree in S & E 



Ph.D. inS&E 



Retention Strategy 



B.S. Goal 



Ph.D. Goal 



Our goal is to attract and retain more students, particularly 

 women, minorities and people with disabilities to complete 

 degrees in science and engineering. 



Source: National Science Foundation 



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