The status of equity for black undergraduates in public higher education in the South: Still separate and unequal

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-228

  Perna, Laura W ^a   Milem, Jeffrey ^b   Gerald, Danette ^b   Baum, Evan ^b   Rowan, Heather ^b   Hutchens, Neal ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree completion; Desegregation; Enrollment; Equity; Institutional type

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644668321     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-005-8886-2     Document Type: Article

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