Mission and Diversity Statements: What They Do and Do Not Say

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-139

  Wilson, Jeffery L ^a   Meyer, Katrina A ^a   McNeal, Larry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Higher education institutions; Mission statements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858800714     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10755-011-9194-8     Document Type: Article

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