Uneven increases in racial diversity of US geoscience undergraduates
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Over the past 20 years, proportion of US geoscience undergraduate degree recipients from marginalized racial groups has increased about threefold, more than for graduate degrees. Much this progress currently is concentrated at relatively few universities.
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عنوان ژورنال: Communications earth & environment
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2662-4435']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00196-6