Women’s persistence into graduateastronomy programs: The roles of support, Interest, And capital

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 317-340

  McCormick, Melinda ^a   Barthelemy, RamóN S ^b   Henderson, Charles ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Astronomy; Support; Women in physics; Women in science; Work life balance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908129876     PISSN: 10728325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JWomenMinorScienEng.2014009829     Document Type: Article

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