Roles of Gender, Race, and SES in the College Choice Process Among First-Generation and Nonfirst-Generation Students

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 95-107

  Cho, Su Je ^a   Hudley, Cynthia ^b   Lee, Soyoung ^c   Barry, Leasha ^d   Kelly, Melissa ^e  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d University of West   (United States)

^e MILLSAPS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

academic factors; college choice; diversity; personal factors; psychological factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651222776     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1938-8926.1.2.95     Document Type: Article

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