Increasing minority enrollment utilizing dental admissions workshop strategies

Journal of Dental Education

Volumn 72, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1268-1276

  Price, Shelia S ^a   Crout, Richard J ^a   Mitchell, Dennis A ^b   David Brunson, W ^c   Wearden, Stanley ^d  

^a West Virginia University School of Dentistry   (United States)

^b Columbia University College of Dental Medicine ^*

^c American Dental Education Association   (United States)

^d WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Admissions; Dental education; Disparities; Minority; Recruitment; Student; Underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DENTAL EDUCATION; DENTAL STUDENT; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE; COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION, DENTAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FACULTY, DENTAL; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PERSONNEL SELECTION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SCHOOLS, DENTAL; STUDENTS, DENTAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149197008     PISSN: 00220337     EISSN: 19307837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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