Race to College: The "Reverse Gap"

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 2, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 164-178

  Mangino, William ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude achievement paradox; College; Education; Human capital; Oppositional culture; Race; Social capital; Test score gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 82455251662     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-010-9037-8     Document Type: Article

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