School attendance revisited: A study of urban African American students' grade point averages and coping strategies

Urban Education

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 519-536

  Steward, Robbie J ^a   Steward, Astin Devine ^b   Blair, Jonathan ^c   Jo, Hanik ^d   Hill, Martin F ^e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^e ORConsulting Incorporated

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Minority academic success; School attendance; Urban adolescents

Indexed keywords

EID: 48349146401     PISSN: 00420859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0042085907311807     Document Type: Article

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