Work in progress - Using case studies to Increase the retention of female doctoral students in STEM Fields

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Bekki, Jennifer M ^a   Bernstein, Bianca L ^a   Ellison, Karin ^a   Sridharan, Arati ^a   Hita, Liza ^a   Spadola, Quinn ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Doctoral student retention; Women in science and engineering

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; DOCTORAL DEGREES; DOCTORAL STUDENT RETENTION; PHYSICAL SCIENCE; PROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS; SCIENCE AND ENGINEERINGS; STEM FIELDS; TRAINING MATERIALS; WEB-BASED RESOURCES; WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING; WORK IN PROGRESS;

ENGINEERING RESEARCH; STUDENTS;

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS;

EID: 78650759981     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2008.4720366     Document Type: Conference Paper

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