Shaping the educational decisions of Mexican immigrant high school students

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 834-860

  Valadez, James R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to higher education; Equity in education; Immigrant education; Latino education; Social justice in education

Indexed keywords

EID: 68049139045     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0002831208320244     Document Type: Article

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