Does ending affirmative action in college admissions lower the percent of minority students applying to college?

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Dickson, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand for schooling; Educational economics; Student financial aid

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION;

EID: 29844458906     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2004.11.005     Document Type: Article

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