Why people from the UK's minority ethnic communities achieve weaker degree results than whites

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 619-632

  Leslie, Derek ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNIC MINORITY; HIGHER EDUCATION; RACIAL DISPARITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 17744394059     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0003684042000313172     Document Type: Article

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