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Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Postsecondary Aspirations and Enrollment
Barbara Schneider, Guan Saw
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences September 2016, 2 (5) 58-82; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.04
Barbara Schneider
aJohn A. Hannah Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University
Guan Saw
bAssistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Texas at San Antonio

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Racial and Ethnic Gaps in Postsecondary Aspirations and Enrollment
Barbara Schneider, Guan Saw
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Sep 2016, 2 (5) 58-82; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2016.2.5.04