Affirmative action and its alternatives in public universities: What do we know?

Public Administration Review

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 315-330

  Long, Mark C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b School of Social Work   (United States)

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EID: 34147092283     PISSN: 00333352     EISSN: 15406210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00715.x     Document Type: Review

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