Female faculty of color: Successful strategies in academia

Diversity in Higher Education

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 219-239

  Bass, Lisa R ^a   Faircloth, Susan C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84888087367     PISSN: 14793644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1479-3644(2011)0000010014     Document Type: Article

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