Racial differences in the formation of postsecondary educational expectations: A structural model

Teachers College Record

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 811-842

  Museus, Samuel D ^a   Harper, Shaun R ^b   Nichols, Andrew H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education   (United States)

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EID: 77951816916     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
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