Tashakkori, R., & Norris, C., & Searcy, M. E., & Klima, V., & Wilkes, J. T. (2018, June), Board 145: High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics  Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah. 10.18260/1-2--29946

\bibitem{asee_peer_29946}
  Tashakkori, R., \& Norris, C., \& Searcy, M. E., \& Klima, V., \& Wilkes, J. T. (2018, June), \emph{Board 145: High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics}
  Paper presented at 2018 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah.
  10.18260/1-2--29946

Rahman Tashakkori, Cindy Norris, Mary E. Searcy, Vicky Klima, and James T. Wilkes.  "Board 145: High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics".  2018 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2018.  https://peer.asee.org/29946 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29946}
  Rahman Tashakkori, Cindy Norris, Mary E. Searcy, Vicky Klima, and James T. Wilkes.
  "Board 145: High-Achievers Scholarship Program in Computer Science and Mathematics".
  \emph{2018 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Salt Lake City, Utah, 2018, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2018.
  https://peer.asee.org/29946 Internet.  24 Apr, 2024

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