Concerns, attitudes, and abilities of early-career geography faculty

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 889-912

  Solem, Michael N ^a   Foote, Kenneth E ^b  

^a Association of American Geographers   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early career faculty; Faculty development; Geography in higher education

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH; HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 28344454774     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: 14678306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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