About Integrating STEM Education at CU Boulder
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2 ibid, pg. 4
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22 Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado, http://www.colorado.edu/ftep/
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25 Rankin, LEAP, http://www.colorado.edu/facultyaffairs/leap
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60 NSF CAREER Award, Finkelstein
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63 Finkelstein, N., NSF: DRL REESE: STEM Educational Change Efforts in Higher Education, $198,379, 2007-2009.