Sentido de Pertenencia: A Hierarchical Analysis Predicting Sense of Belonging Among Latino College Students

Journal of Hispanic Higher Education

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-320

  Strayhorn, Terrell Lamont ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

diversity; retention; sense of belonging

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990397293     PISSN: 15381927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1538192708320474     Document Type: Article

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