More Than "Getting Us Through:" A Case Study in Cultural Capital Enrichment of Underrepresented Minority Undergraduates

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 370-394

  Ovink, Sarah M ^a   Veazey, Brian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Institutional programs; Science; Undergraduate education; Underrepresented minorities

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955067827     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11162-010-9198-8     Document Type: Article

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