Getting them enrolled is only half the battle: College success as a function of race or ethnicity, gender, and class

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 2 PART 3, 2013, Pages 310-322

  Keels, Micere ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Degree attainment; First generation college student; Gender gap; Minority college students; Predominately White institutions; Racial and ethnic gap

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUP DYNAMICS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MOTHER; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDOMINANTLY WHITE INSTITUTION; RACE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS;

DEGREE ATTAINMENT; FIRST-GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT; GENDER GAP; MINORITY COLLEGE STUDENTS; PREDOMINATELY WHITE INSTITUTIONS; RACIAL AND ETHNIC GAP;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84881003403     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: 19390025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajop.12033     Document Type: Article

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