Ganas: From the Individual to the Community, and the Potential for Improving College Going in the "Land That Texas Forgot"

Journal of Latinos and Education

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 232-246

  Cabrera, Nolan L ^a   López, Patricia D ^b   Sáenz, Victor B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

border education; college access; ganas; higher education; Latina o students; rural education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866858899     PISSN: 15348431     EISSN: 1532771X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15348431.2012.715499     Document Type: Article

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