The black student experience at predominantly white colleges: Implications for school and college counselors

Journal of Counseling and Development

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 311-318

  Guiffrida, Douglas ^a   Douthit, Kathryn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 77953006246     PISSN: 07489633     EISSN: 15566676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2010.tb00027.x     Document Type: Article

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