Welcome to a new world: Experiences of American Indian tribal college and university transfer students at predominantly white institutions

International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 855-866

  Makomenaw, Matthew Van Alstine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; transfer students; tribal college

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867600055     PISSN: 09518398     EISSN: 13665898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09518398.2012.720732     Document Type: Article

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