Strategies for Increasing Minorities in the Sciences: A University of Maryland, College Park, Model.

Armstrong, Earlene; Thompson, Katerina

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ERIC Number: EJ679188

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2003

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Strategies for Increasing Minorities in the Sciences: A University of Maryland, College Park, Model.

Armstrong, Earlene; Thompson, Katerina

Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, v9 n2 p159-167 2003

Reports on the Prefreshman Academic Enrichment Program (PAEP) at the University of Maryland, College Park which was designed to increase and retain the number of minorities in the life sciences. Results after five years indicate that PAEP students were retained and graduated in the sciences and at the university at a greater rate than that of non-PAEP students. (Contains 34 references.) (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biological Sciences, Higher Education, Minority Groups, School Holding Power

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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