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The role of community colleges in educating women in science and engineering

✍ Scribed by Dimitra Lynette Jackson; Frankie Santos Laanan

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2011
Weight
64 KB
Volume
2011
Category
Article
ISSN
0271-0579

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Abstract

This chapter discusses the role of community colleges in educating the next generation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Implications for policy and practice are offered, based on the major findings from a mixed‐method study on the experiences of women in STEM who transferred to a four‐year college from the community college system.

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