Gender equity in higher education: why and how? A case study of gender issues in a science faculty

International Journal of Phytoremediation

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 15-22

  Viefers, Susanne F ^a   Christie, Michael F ^b   Ferdos, Fariba ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Engineering education; Gender equity; Physics

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349084478     PISSN: 15226514     EISSN: 15497879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03043790500429948     Document Type: Article

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