The promise and peril of the Texas uniform admission law

The Next Twenty-five Years: Affirmative Action in Higher Education in the United States and South Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 155-174

  Tienda, Marta ^a   Sullivan, Teresa A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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