It Matters How and When You Ask: Self-Reported Race/Ethnicity of Incoming Law Students

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-66

  Panter, A T ^a   Daye, Charles E ^b   Allen, Walter R ^c   Wightman, Linda F ^d   Deo, Meera E ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; ethnicity; law students; multiracial; race

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAWYERS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREJUDICE; RACE RELATIONS; SCHOOL ADMISSION CRITERIA; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58449101212     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013377     Document Type: Article

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