The retention planning process at Texas Southern University: A case study

Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Triumphs, Troubles, and Taboos

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 163-185

  Fleming, Jacqueline ^a   Tezeno, Albert ^b   Zamora, Sylvia ^c  

^a General University Academic Center at Texas Southern   (United States)

^b TEXAS SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230617261     Document Type: Chapter

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