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SUMMARY 



These findings support the conclusion that 

 the Kentucky higher education system failed 

 to enhance the production of black and His- 

 panic physical science majors who later 

 earned doctorates. Further, these findings 

 speak to a lost opportunity during the prom- 

 ising equal opportunity era (ca. 1970 through 

 1995) to engage, more fully, underrepresented 

 minority groups in the scientific and techno- 

 logical workforce. Conversely, during this pe- 

 riod significant progress was made to support 

 and encourage female and economically dis- 

 advantaged representation in the intellectual 

 leadership of the physical sciences. 



These results suggest that constructive en- 

 hancements to the Kentucky science and tech- 

 nology policies should be made to address its 

 deficiencies in order to realize the potential of 

 the intellectual capital inherent in minority 

 communities. The training and development 

 of intellectual leadership in the physical sci- 

 ences for women and the economically dis- 

 advantaged has already yielded significant 

 benefits. Similar efforts in the black and His- 

 panic communities should help Kentucky re- 

 alize the full extent of economic and quality 

 of life advantages provided by an educated 

 populace. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



Useful conversations with Dr. Luther Wil- 

 liams, the William T. Kemper Director of Ed- 

 ucation of the Missouri Botanical Garden, are 

 acknowledged. 



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