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Direct linkMaher, Michelle A.; Roksa, Josipa; Custer, Stacey – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
Given the urgent need for increased diversity in the scientific workforce, this paper explores Underrepresented Minority (URM) students' paths to the biomedical science doctorate. The Ph.D. pathways of first-generation and continuing generation students were compared. Surface features, such as timing of initial Ph.D. pursuit considerations and…
Descriptors: Disproportionate Representation, Minority Group Students, Medical Students, Graduate Medical Education
Sternglass, Marilyn S. – 1983
When using outside sources in their writing, students must learn to balance efficiency with effectiveness. In other words, they must express themselves clearly and quickly, providing readers with enough explicit information to create a causal chain based on reasonable inferences. Yet they must guard against being overly explicit, boring their…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Logical Thinking, Prior Learning
