What matters in college for retaining aspiring scientists and engineers from underrepresented racial groups

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 555-580

  Chang, Mitchell J ^a   Sharkness, Jessica ^b   Hurtado, Sylvia ^a   Newman, Christopher B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

achievement gap; persistence; race; retention; student experience; underrepresented racial minorities

Indexed keywords

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYS;

ACHIEVEMENT GAP; PERSISTENCE; RACE; RETENTION; STUDENT EXPERIENCES; UNDERREPRESENTED RACIAL MINORITIES;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84898545452     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: 10982736     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.21146     Document Type: Article

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