Altering public university admission standards to preserve white group position in the United States: Results from a laboratory experiment

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 57, Issue 3 SUPPL, 2013, Pages 369-396

  Samson, Frank L ^a  

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EID: 84881450897     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/670664     Document Type: Article

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