Multiple group threat and malleable white attitudes towards academic merit

Du Bois Review

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-260

  Samson, Frank L ^a  

^a University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian American; Group Threat; Meritocracy; Race; University Admissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891869248     PISSN: 1742058X     EISSN: 17420598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742058X1300012X     Document Type: Article

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