Advanced Placement: Do minorities have equal opportunity?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-131

  Klopfenstein, Kristin ^a  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational economics

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; EQUITY; ETHNIC MINORITY;

EID: 0742267686     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0272-7757(03)00076-1     Document Type: Article

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