An initiative to broaden diversity in undergraduate biomathematics training

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-247

  Goins, Gregory ^a   Chen, Mingxiang ^a   White, Catherine ^a   Clemence, Dominic ^a   Redd, Thomas ^a   Kelkar, Vinaya ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; COOPERATION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; RESEARCH; STUDENT; TEACHER; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; GENOMICS; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; MENTORS; MINORITY GROUPS; RESEARCH; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 77958595057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.10-03-0043     Document Type: Article

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