Supporting graduate students of color in educational administration preparation programs: Faculty perspectives on best practices, possibilities, and problems

Educational Administration Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 391-423

  Young, Michelle D ^a,b   Brooks, Jeffrey S ^c  

^a University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrator preparation; Graduate students of color; Race and educational administration

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249142801     PISSN: 0013161X     EISSN: 15523519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013161X08315270     Document Type: Article

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