Work in progress - Social barriers and supports to underrepresented minorities' success in STEM fields

Proceedings - Frontiers in Education Conference, FIE

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Strayhorn, Terrell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achievement; Ethnic minorities; Retention; STEM

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CUMULATIVE GRADE POINT AVERAGES; DATA COLLECTION; ETHNIC MINORITIES; NEGATIVE INTERACTION; RETENTION; SEMI-STRUCTURED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEM; STEM FIELDS; UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES; WORK IN PROGRESS;

TEACHING;

EID: 78751564970     PISSN: 15394565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/FIE.2010.5673227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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