Lift Every Voice and Sing: Faculty of Color Face the Challenges of the Tenure Track

Urban Review

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-112

  Garrison Wade, Dorothy F ^a   Diggs, Gregory A ^a   Estrada, Diane ^a   Galindo, Rene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Confronting diversity; Coping strategies; Critical race theory; Faculty of color; Obstacles; Racism; Tenure track

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857506213     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-011-0182-1     Document Type: Article

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