Factors Impacting Sense of Belonging at a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 237-256

  Maestas, Ricardo ^a   Vaquera, Gloria S ^b   Zehr, Linda Muñoz ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Exercise Science Department   (United States)

Author keywords

academic and social integration; diversity; Hispanic serving institutions; sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990339161     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192707302801     Document Type: Article

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