Cultivating voice: First-generation students seek full academic citizenship in multicultural learning communities

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-49

  Jehangir, Rashné R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

first generation; Learning community; Multicultural; TRiO

Indexed keywords

EID: 62949205394     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-008-9089-5     Document Type: Article

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