Proactively addressing the shortage of blacks in psychology: Highlighting the school psychology subfield

Journal of Black Psychology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-127

  Chandler, Daphne R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Black students professionals; recruitment; retention; strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650479540     PISSN: 00957984     EISSN: 15524558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0095798409359774     Document Type: Article

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