Improving equity and access for low-income and minority youth into institutions of higher education

Urban Education

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-70

  Ward, Nadia L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Urban Education and Policy Research   (United States)

Author keywords

GEAR UP; Higher education; Low income youth; Minority advancement programs; Minority youth; Title I programs; TRIO programs; Urban youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 31144449412     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085905282253     Document Type: Review

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