Increasing Access for Economically Disadvantaged Students: The NSF/CSEM & S-STEM Programs at Louisiana State University

Journal of Science Education and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 581-587

  Wilson, Zakiya S ^a   Iyengar, Sitharama S ^b   Pang, Su Seng ^b   Warner, Isiah M ^a   Luces, Candace A ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Academically talented students; Economically disadvantaged; Mentoring; National Science Foundation; Persistence; Retention; STEM curricula; Technology driven education; Undergraduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866737348     PISSN: 10590145     EISSN: 15731839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10956-011-9348-6     Document Type: Article

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