Incompatible goals: Narratives of graduate women in the mathematics pipeline

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-51

  Stage, Frances K ^a   Maple, Sue A ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 0030540201     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312033001023     Document Type: Article

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