Legacies in black and white: The racial composition of the legacy pool

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 325-351

  Howell, Cameron ^a,b   Turner, Sarah E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b National Bureau of Economic Research ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Admissions; Demographics; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 3843142951     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:RIHE.0000027390.19997.f4     Document Type: Article

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