The geoscience pipeline: A conceptual framework

Journal of Geoscience Education

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 458-468

  Levine, Roger ^a   González, Raquel ^b   Cole, Susan ^a   Fuhrman, Miriam ^c   Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson ^a  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Rock Solid Testing Services   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCE; ETHNIC MINORITY; HIGHER EDUCATION;

EID: 64049106138     PISSN: 10899995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5408/1089-9995-55.6.458     Document Type: Article

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