Race and ethnic differences in college achievement: Does high school attended matter?

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-166

  Fletcher, Jason ^a   Tienda, Marta ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College achievement; High school quality; Minority students; Texas higher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449088769     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209348749     Document Type: Article

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