The reconstruction of merit post-proposition 209

Educational Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 371-395

  Contreras, Frances E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Merit; Postsecondary access

Indexed keywords

EID: 18444408664     PISSN: 08959048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0895904804274055     Document Type: Article

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