Navigating disparate pathways to college: Examining the conditional effects of race on enrollment decisions

Teachers College Record

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2255-2279

  Engberg, Mark E ^a   Wolniak, Gregory C ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 70350395432     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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