Educational aspirations in an urban community college: Differences between immigrant and native student groups

Community College Review

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-242

  Conway, Katherine M ^a  

^a Borough of Manhattan Community College   (United States)

Author keywords

College choice; Cooling out theory; Immigrants; Student aspirations

Indexed keywords

EID: 72749118530     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552109354626     Document Type: Article

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