Women in male-dominated career and technical education programs at community colleges: Barriers to participation and success

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-66

  Lester, Jaime ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career and technical education; Community colleges; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958502958     PISSN: 10728325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.v16.i1.40     Document Type: Article

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