Stories of Success: High Minority, High Poverty Public School Graduate Narratives on Accessing Higher Education

Journal of Advanced Academics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 594-618

  Reddick, Richard J ^a   Welton, Anjalé D ^b   Alsandor, Danielle J ^a   Denyszyn, Jodi L ^a   Platt, C Spencer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

college access; high minority schools; high poverty; social capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885014519     PISSN: 1932202X     EISSN: 21629536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1932202X11414133     Document Type: Article

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