Educating students about affirmative action: An analysis of university sociology texts

Teaching Sociology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-115

  Beeman, Mark ^a   Chowdhry, Geeta ^a   Todd, Karmen ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0034164984     PISSN: 0092055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1319258     Document Type: Article

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