I. Minorities in Science: Availability and Barriers That Affect Availability. - 1. Black Americans in the Sciences. - 2. Spanish-Surnamed Americans in Science: Availability and Barriers. - 3. The New Medical College Admission Test: New Dimensions in Assessment. - 4. The Graduate Record Examination and the Minority Student. - II. Problems of Minorities at Majority Institutions. - 5. Minority Students and the Political Environment: A Historical Perspective. - 6. Status and Prospects of Minority Students in Traditional Medical Schools. - 7. Sociocultural Factors as a Deterrent to Students' Pursuit of the Sciences. - 8. Problems of Minorities at Majority Institutions: A Student's Perspective. - 9. Medical Education and the Minority Student. - III. Public Policy and Biomedical and Behavioral Training: Effective Development of Existing Potential. - 10. Public Policy for Minority Self-Actualization: Present Realities and Future Possibilities. - 11. Some General Proposals for Increasing the Production of Minority Professionals in the Basic Sciences. - 12. National Institute of Mental Health Research and Training Policies Affecting Minorities: An Outsider's View. - 13. An Informed Constituency with a Representative Bureaucracy: Health Policy and Black People. - 14. Better Health Sciences through Minority Participation: The Case for Community-Based Minority Medical Schools. - IV. Financial Support for Minority Scientific Activities in Education and Research. - 15. Funding of Minority Programs from the Private Sector: A Perspective from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. - 16. Graduate Fellowship Opportunities for Minorities Most Commonly Discriminated Against in Higher Education. - 17. National Institutes of Health Minority Research and Training Programs. - 18. Minority Programs Funded by theNational Science Foundation. - 19. Minority Programs Funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. - 20. The Importance and Impact of Funding Science Programs at Minority Institutions. - V. Affirmative Action: Myth or Reality?. - 21. Affirmative Action: A Congressional Perspective. - 22. A National Policy for Affirmative Action in Higher Education. - 23. Rules of the Game: An Essay in Two Parts. - VI. Special Training Programs for Minority Students in Science: College Level. - 24. Prehealth Summer Programs. - 25. Basic Science Enrichment Courses for Minority Medical Students. - 26. Undergraduate Research Training. - 27. The Harvard Health-Careers Summer Program. - 28. Postbaccalaureate Premedical Programs for Minority Students. - VII. Special Training Programs for Minority Students in Science: Precollege Level. - 29. Training at the Collegiate and Precollegiate Interface: STRIKE as an Example. - 30. Motivating Upper-Elementary-Level Mexican-American Students toward Science Careers. - 31. Ethnoscience: An Educational Concept. - 32. The Utility of a Piagetian Approach in Developing Precollegiate Science Programs for Minorities. - 33. Science Education for Minorities: A Bibliography: A Preliminary Report. - 34. Summary. - Name Index. Language: English