Retention of underrepresented minority faculty: Strategic initiatives for institutional value proposition based on perspectives from a range of academic institutions

Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2015, Pages A136-A145

  Whittaker, Joseph A ^a   Montgomery, Beronda L ^b   Martinez Acosta, Veronica G ^c  

^a Department of Mathematics   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Faculty retention; Higher education; Institutional transformation; STEM; Under represented minorities (URM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940742555     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15442896     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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