Academic outcomes and texas's top ten percent law

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 167-183

  Furstenberg, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission policy; College performance; Higher education; Human capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449099683     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209348750     Document Type: Article

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