Segregated by subject: Racial differences in the factors influencing academic major between European Americans, Asian Americans, and African, Hispanic, and Native Americans

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-100

  Simpson, Jacqueline C ^a  

^a MCMURRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035216590     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221546.2001.11778865     Document Type: Article

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