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Frontmatter; Acknowledgments; Contents; Summary; 1 Introduction; 2 Methods; 3 Undergraduate Programs; 4 Graduate Fellowships And Traineeship Programs; 5 Postdoctoral Training Opportunities: Postdoctorate Fellows And Junior Faculty; 6 Perspectives Of Nih Program Administrators; 7 Findings And Recommendations; Bibliography; Appendixes; Appendix A Committee Biographical Sketches; Appendix B 2001 Census Of Nih Extramural Minority Research Training Programs Appendix C Computer-assisted Telephone Interview (cati) Questionnaire For Graduate Traineesappendix D Interview Instruments For Training Program Administrators; Appendix E Survey Universe By Gender, 1970-1999; Appendix F Number Of Trainees By Race Or Ethnicity And Mechanism, For All Nih Institutes And Centers, 1999-2003; Appendix G Trainee Percentages By Race Or Ethnicity And Mechanism, For All Institutes And Centers, 1999-2003 Committee For The Assessment Of Nih Minority Research Training Programs ; Oversight Committee For The Assessment Of Nih Minority Research Training Programs ; Board On Higher Education And Workforce ; Policy And Global Affairs ; National Research Council Of The National Academies. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 165-167).