Recruitment and retention of mathematics students in Canadian universities

International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-41

  Fenwick Sehl, Laura ^a   Fioroni, Marcella ^b   Lovric, Miroslav ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mathematics; Mathematics degrees; Mathematics majors; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849118145     PISSN: 0020739X     EISSN: 14645211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207390802568192     Document Type: Conference Paper

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