After controlling for the applicant's educational background, country of origin, training, previous research awards, publication record, and employer characteristics, we find that black applicants remain 10 percentage points less likely than whites to be awarded NIH research funding.
Some of the firms studied had adopted "CV-blind" selection techniques to hide an applicant's educational background in an effort to increase social mobility.
Still another form of censorship may take the form of the preferences government bodies exhibit through the financial and other support they distribute to artistic, scientific, medical, and educational applicants.
While some of the production staff pored over piles of videos submitted by zealous applicants gathered through educational organizations and the National Geographic Web site, others scoured third world countries for locations that would blend just the right amount of exotic scenery with challenging living conditions.
This educational program (education applicants and their cooperation with the surgeon and psychologist) will share the clinical experiences of an expert faculty on the process of assessing and treating facial lipoatrophy in patients who seek counseling.
Studies suggest that employers often favor white job seekers over black applicants, even when their educational backgrounds and work experiences are nearly identical.
This fall, he was one of 50 applicants chosen for an educational trip to Berlin, where he met the Prince of Prussia and stayed in a castle.
Within three weeks they had signed up with the Career Switchers program, the Virginia-based program that requires applicants to pass an Educational Testing Service exam in the subject matter they want to teach, take an online course and attend a series of meetings to learn classroom teaching skills.
Insight Cuba had to refile its renewal application, which grew to 174 pages from 10, Mr. Popper said, under new rules requiring that applicants "describe how the educational and people-to-people exchanges you propose would enhance contact with the Cuban people, and/or support civil society in Cuba, and/or help promote the Cuban people's independence from Cuban authorities".
Under the new system, applicants with a Canadian educational credential will get up to 30 additional points.
