The Meyerhoff Way: How the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Helps Black Students Succeed in the Sciences

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-16

  Stolle McAllister, Kathy ^a   Domingo, Mariano R Sto ^a   Carrillo, Amy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic success; Higher education; Qualitative research; STEM; Underrepresented minority

Indexed keywords

EID: 79451474249     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-010-9228-5     Document Type: Article

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