The road to tenure: Narratives of African American male tenured professors

Journal of African American Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 494-508

  Warde, Bryan ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

African American men; Professoriate; Tenure

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449336780     PISSN: 15591646     EISSN: 19364741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12111-008-9061-6     Document Type: Article

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