Black and Hispanic Immigrants' Resilience against Negative-ability Racial Stereotypes at Selective Colleges and Universities in the United States

Sociology of Education

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-325

  Owens, Jayanti ^a   Lynch, Scott M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

college performance; education; immigrants; stereotype threat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866759558     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711435856     Document Type: Article

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