Racialized Readiness for College and Career: Toward an Equity-Grounded Social Science of Intervention Programming

Community College Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 292-310

  Castro, Erin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

college and career readiness; critical race theory; David Conley; educational equalization; educational evaluation; educational policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886768276     PISSN: 00915521     EISSN: 19402325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0091552113504291     Document Type: Article

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