Āwhina: A programme for Māori and Pacific tertiary science graduate and postgraduate success

Higher Education

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 699-719

  Wilson, Marc ^a   Hunt, Maree ^a   Richardson, Liz ^a   Phillips, Hazel ^a   Richardson, Ken ^a   Challies, Danna ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

M ori and Pacific tertiary success; Mentoring; Science education; Under represented minorities; Wh nau environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053571302     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10734-011-9413-3     Document Type: Review

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