A Critical Paradox? Predictors of Latino Students' Sense of Belonging in College

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-61

  Nuñez, Anne Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

campus climate; college transition; diversity; Latinos Hispanics; sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650479230     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014099     Document Type: Article

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