Ethnic and university identities across the college years: A common in-group identity perspective

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 287-306

  Levin, Shana ^a   Sinclair, Stacey ^b,c   Sidanius, Jim ^d   Van Laar, Colette ^e  

^a CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC GROUP; IDEOLOGY; RACIAL IDENTITY; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 65349165313     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: 15404560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-4560.2009.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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