Black students' graduation from elite colleges: Institutional characteristics and between-institution differences

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1257-1275

  Small, Mario L ^a   Winship, Christopher ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black students; College Beyond; Graduation rates; Hierarchical linear models; Institutional factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 34447504464     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.06.006     Document Type: Article

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