Ethnic minorities and women in STEM: Casting a wide net to address a persistent social problem

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-441

  Syed, Moin ^a   Chemers, Martin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENGINEERING; ETHNIC MINORITY; GENDER ISSUE; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIAL PROBLEM; WOMENS STATUS;

EID: 80052728175     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2011.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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