Engaging With Faculty: Examining Rates, Predictors, and Educational Effects for Asian American Undergraduates

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 206-218

  Kim, Young K ^a   Chang, Mitchell J ^a   Park, Julie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American students; race in higher education; student faculty interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149182776     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017890     Document Type: Article

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