Hispanics in Higher Education and the Texas Top 10% Law

Race and Social Problems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-67

  Harris, Angel L ^a   Tienda, Marta ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; Higher education; Hispanics; Top ten percent law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873268770     PISSN: 18671748     EISSN: 18671756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12552-012-9065-7     Document Type: Article

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