Hitting and climbing the proverbial wall: Participation and retention issues for Black graduate women

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 331-349

  Johnson Bailey, Juanita ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b DeptAdult EducWomen's Studs Prog   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASS; EDUCATION; RACE; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 11144283256     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1361332042000303360     Document Type: Review

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