Questioning a white male advantage in STEM: Examining disparities in college major by gender and race/ethnicity

Educational Researcher

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 656-664

  Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^a   King, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

equity; postsecondary education; sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 78951475841     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X10391657     Document Type: Article

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