Increasing the Recruitment and Retention of Historically Underrepresented Minority Students in Higher Education: A Case Study

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 39-47

  Saenz, Terry Irvine ^a   Wyatt, Toya A ^a   Reinard, John C ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Minority; Recruitment; Retention; University college

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542372734     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0703.39     Document Type: Article

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