Women and Minorities in Science and Mathematics Act of 1991

Summary

Women and Minorities in Science and Mathematics Act of 1991 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to add provisions, under various HEA programs, for education programs for women and minorities who are currently underrepresented in the fields of science and mathematics to receive training for work in those fields. Adds such provisions to: (1) postsecondary programs for nontraditional students (including grants to expand such education programs, off-campus program faculty and staff training to develop such education programs, (adult and continuing education staff development and adult learning); (2) the TRIO programs of Talent Search and Upward Bound; (3) educator recruitment, retention, and development programs (including midcareer teacher training for nontraditional students, school, college, and university partnerships, professional development and leadership programs, and Congressional Teacher Scholarships); (4) cooperative education programs; (5) graduate programs (including general program requirements, Harris Fellowships, and areas of national need); and (6) postsecondary improvement programs (including adding references to minority women under minority science improvement programs and science and engineering access programs).

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• Introduced in House (text)

  Introduced in House · EN

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 30 April 1991

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