American Indians were less than 1 percent. Those figures conceal promising trends, especially in the new generation of scientific workers who received degrees since 1990. Women and minorities are 32 percent of scientists and engineers in this group, and underrepresented minorities 8 percent. Progress has been uneven. Women and minority students still take fewer high-level science and math courses, and earn fewer Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees in science than white males.
Degrees remain concentrated in sociology and psychology.
Women and minorities with Bachelor's and Master's degrees still favor academic careers rather than business or industry. A Legacy at Hoechst Marion Roussel USA Merge an American pharmaceutical company, a German pharmaceutical company, and a French pharmaceutical company. A new international company where a diverse, multicultural work force is not just a corporate initiative, but a historical legacy. It now employs more than 40,000 people in 80 countries with one of the industry's largest research budgets. Each company had its own commitment to a diverse work force and experience operating internationally in multicultural environments.