Perceptions and construction of meaning of urban high school experiences among African American university students: A focus group approach

Education and Urban Society

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 181-201

  Wasonga, Teresa ^b   Christman, Dana E ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Minority students; Qualitative study; Urban education; Urban high school

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037319645     PISSN: 00131245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013124502239391     Document Type: Article

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