Exploring the divergent academic outcomes of U.S.-origin and immigrant-origin black undergraduates

Journal of Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 244-258

  Tauriac, Jesse J ^a   Liem, Joan H ^b  

^a LASELL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

academic integration; African Americans; college persistence; immigrant Black Americans; social integration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874104710     PISSN: 19388926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0030181     Document Type: Article

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