Dynamic Diversity: Toward a Contextual Understanding of Critical Mass

Educational Researcher

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 115-124

  Garces, Liliana M ^a   Jayakumar, Uma M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

affirmative action; campus climate; critical mass; diversity; race conscious admissions; social science research and law

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898888097     PISSN: 0013189X     EISSN: 1935102X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0013189X14529814     Document Type: Article

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