Reimagining the pipeline: Advancing STEM diversity, persistence, and success

BioScience

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 612-618

  Allen Ramdial, Stacy Ann A ^a   Campbell, Andrew G ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; retention; STEM education; training; workforce

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904216776     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu076     Document Type: Article

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