Does diversity matter? Measuring the impact of high school diversity on freshman GPA

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 129-143

  Tam, Mo Yin S ^a   Bassett Jr , Gilbert W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; LEARNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

EID: 1842810090     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0190-292x.2004.00056.x     Document Type: Article

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