The Good Daughter Dilemma: Latinas Managing Family and School Demands

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 317-330

  Espinoza, Roberta ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

academic success; doctoral studies; family obligations; higher education; Latina; qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957899200     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192710380919     Document Type: Article

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