Minority higher education pipeline: Consequences of changes in college admissions policy in texas

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 60-81

  Harris, Angel ^a   Tienda, Marta ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Admission policy; Application rates; Higher education; Minority students

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449119625     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209348740     Document Type: Article

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