Latino and Asian students' perceptions of the quality of their educators: The role of generational status and language proficiency

Youth and Society

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-32

  Watkins, Adam M ^a,c   Melde, Chris ^b  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

immigrant students; perceptions; school officials

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956336356     PISSN: 0044118X     EISSN: 15528499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0044118X09351284     Document Type: Article

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