Social Support and Success in Higher Education: The Influence of On-Campus Support on African American and Latino College Students

Urban Review

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 632-650

  Baker, Christina N ^a  

^a SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic Performance; African Americans; Higher Education; Latinos; Social Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890442674     PISSN: 00420972     EISSN: 15731960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11256-013-0234-9     Document Type: Article

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