Undergraduate science majors: Gender differences in who goes to graduate school

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-172

  Sax, Linda J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0035630515     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2000.0030     Document Type: Review

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