How Paola made it to college: A linguistic minority student’s unlikely success story

Linguistic Minority Students go to College: Preparation, Access, and Persistence

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 74-90

  Harklau, Linda ^a   Mc Clanahan, Shelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203829387     Document Type: Chapter

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