Non-cognitive predictors of academic achievement for African Americans across cultural contexts

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 344-358

  Nasim, Aashir ^a   Roberts, Albert ^b   Harrell, Jules P ^b   Young, Hollie ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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