Traveling the road to success: A discourse on persistence throughout the science pipeline with African American students at a predominantly white institution

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 691-715

  Russell, Melody L ^a   Atwater, Mary M ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAREER; DEGREE PROGRAM; HIGHER LEARNING; INSTITUTION;

BIOLOGY; COMPETITION; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH; TEACHING;

STUDENTS;

EID: 23844468174     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20068     Document Type: Article

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