Debunking anti-intellectualism: An examination of African american college student's intellectual self-concepts

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-282

  Cole, Darnell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 78650632048     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2010.0025     Document Type: Article

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