Sense of belonging and persistence in white and African American first-year students

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 649-669

  Hausmann, Leslie R M ^a   Ye, Feifei ^b   Schofield, Janet Ward ^c   Woods, Rochelle L ^d  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Intentions; Intervention; Persistence; Sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349240792     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-009-9137-8     Document Type: Article

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