From Bakke to Hopwood: Does race affect college attendance and completion?

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 34-44

  Light, Audrey ^a   Strayer, Wayne ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036005228     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465302317331900     Document Type: Review

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