Latinos in Science: Trends and Opportunities

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 305-355

  Rochin, Refugio I ^a   Mello, Stephen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

educational pipeline; engineering; higher education; Latina o; mathematics; science; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990385316     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192707306552     Document Type: Article

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