Affirmative action bans and college graduation rates

Economics of Education Review

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages 43-52

  Hinrichs, Peter ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Affirmative action; College admissions; Minority mismatch

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION POLICY; HIGHER EDUCATION; MINORITY GROUP; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY SECTOR;

EID: 84905662216     PISSN: 02727757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econedurev.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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