Development of a distance education program by a land-grant university augments the 2-year to 4-year STEM pipeline and increases diversity in STEM

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Drew, Jennifer C ^a   Oli, Monika W ^a   Rice, Kelly C ^a   Ardissone, Alexandria N ^a   Galindo Gonzalez, Sebastian ^a   Sacasa, Pablo R ^b   Belmont, Heather J ^b   Wysocki, Allen F ^a   Rieger, Mark ^a,c   Triplett, Eric W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b MIAMI DADE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISTANCE EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENGINEERING; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GRADUATE STUDENT; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDAGOGICS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SCIENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; EDUCATION; FLORIDA; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; ENGINEERING; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; SCIENCE; TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84929494415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119548     Document Type: Article

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