Promoting minority success in the sciences: The minority opportunities in research programs at CSULA

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-217

  Slovacek, Simeon ^a   Whittinghill, Jonathan ^a   Flenoury, Laura ^a   Wiseman, David ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college students; interventions; science; underrepresented groups

Indexed keywords

COLLEGE STUDENTS; COMPARISON GROUP; DOCTORAL PROGRAMS; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; GRADUATE PROGRAM; INTERVENTIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH; PROPENSITY SCORE; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SCIENCE; UNDER-REPRESENTED GROUPS; UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAM;

RESEARCH;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84855939036     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20451     Document Type: Article

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