Do bans on affirmative action hurt minority students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1110-1124

  Cortes, Kalena E ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; College graduation; College quality; Freshmen retention; Top 10 Plan

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; POLICY REFORM; STUDENT;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149497841     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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