The social adjustment of undergraduate white students in the minority on an historically black college campus

Journal of College Student Development

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-534

  Closson, Rosemary B ^a   Henry, Wilma J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 67651204611     PISSN: 08975264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/csd.0.0036     Document Type: Review

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