Changes in Texas universities' applicant pools after the Hopwood decision

Social Science Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-66

  Long, Mark C ^a   Tienda, Marta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Application decisions; College affirmative action; Race neutral policies

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449102878     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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