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Surviving the Wilds of Academia: Personas Depicting Early-Career Engineering Education Scholars Role Crafting to Achieve Their Goals Cover

Surviving the Wilds of Academia: Personas Depicting Early-Career Engineering Education Scholars Role Crafting to Achieve Their Goals

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|Jul 2024

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.21061/see.135 | Journal eISSN: 2690-5450
Language: English
Page range: 47 - 66
Submitted on: May 19, 2023
Accepted on: Jun 6, 2024
Published on: Jul 23, 2024
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

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