Camouflaging power and privilege: A critical race analysis of university diversity policies

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 586-611

  Iverson, Susan VanDeventer ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical race theory; Discourse analysis; Diversity; Educational policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36249028654     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X07307794     Document Type: Article

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