Sharing the land: Attracting native American students to the geosciences

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 478-485

  Riggs, Eric M ^a,b   Robbins, Eleanora ^b   Damer, Rebekka ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; HIGHER EDUCATION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; STUDENT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 64049091880     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.6.478     Document Type: Article

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