A balancing act: Impacting and initiating the success of African American female community college transfer students in STEM into the HBCU environment

Journal of Negro Education

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 255-271

  Jackson, Dimitra Lynette ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Community college; HBCU; Qualitative; STEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890328052     PISSN: 00222984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7709/jnegroeducation.82.3.0255     Document Type: Article

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