Graduation Rates at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: An Underperforming Performance Measure for Determining Institutional Funding Policies

Journal of Continuing Higher Education

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 93-109

  Montgomery, René ^a   Montgomery, Beronda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; education; graduation rates; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); performance measures; policy funding methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863856040     PISSN: 07377363     EISSN: 19484801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07377363.2012.690623     Document Type: Article

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