Addressing the challenge of diversity in the graduate ranks: Good practices yield good outcomes

CBE Life Sciences Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 19-29

  Thompson, Nancy L ^a,b   Campbell, Andrew G ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MINORITY GROUP; ORGANIZATION; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ACADEMIES AND INSTITUTES; BIOLOGY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FACULTY; HUMANS; MINORITY GROUPS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84874873561     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19317913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1187/cbe.12-04-0054     Document Type: Article

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