The STEM pipeline: The role of summer research experience in minority students' Ph.D. aspirations;El camino STEM: El papel de las experiencias de investigación en el verano en estudiantes de minorías con aspiraciones de ingresar en un doctorado

Education Policy Analysis Archives

Volumn 18, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Pender, Matea ^a   Marcotte, Dave E ^a   Domingo, Mariano R Sto ^a   Maton, Kenneth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate school matriculation; Racial ethnic minorities; Science; Summer research

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EID: 78650961743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10682341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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