My sister's keeper: A qualitative examination of mentoring experiences among African American women in graduate and professional schools

Journal of Higher Education

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 510-537

  Patton, Lori D ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 73649091789     PISSN: 00221546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/jhe.0.0062     Document Type: Article

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