Sin papeles y rompiendo barreras: Latino students and the challenges of persisting in college

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 610-631

  Contreras, Frances ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 76749159813     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.79.4.02671846902gl33w     Document Type: Review

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