The impact of a differential social power system on latinosattitudes toward the high school and the community college experience

Community College Journal of Research and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 531-540

  Vázquez, Luis A ^a   García‐Vázquez, Enedina ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85011447962     PISSN: 10668926     EISSN: 15210413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1066892980220506     Document Type: Article

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