From Freshman to Graduate: Recruiting and Retaining Minority Students

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 86-107

  Hobson Horton, Lisa D ^a   Owens, Lula ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attrition; minority teacher education; recruitment; retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990345181     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: 15525716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192703259249     Document Type: Article

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