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“How Do I Bring Diversity?” Race and Class in the College Admissions Essay
dc.contributor.authorKirkland, Annaen_US
dc.contributor.authorHansen, Ben B.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-04T18:43:41Z
dc.date.available2012-04-04T18:43:41Z
dc.date.issued2011-03en_US
dc.identifier.citationKirkland, Anna; Hansen, Ben B. (2011). "“How Do I Bring Diversity?” Race and Class in the College Admissions Essay." Law & Society Review 45(1). <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90581>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0023-9216en_US
dc.identifier.issn1540-5893en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/90581
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Incen_US
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.en_US
dc.title“How Do I Bring Diversity?” Race and Class in the College Admissions Essayen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelLaw and Legal Studiesen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelGovernment, Politics and Lawen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumUniversity of Michiganen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/90581/1/j.1540-5893.2011.00429.x.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1540-5893.2011.00429.xen_US
dc.identifier.sourceLaw & Society Reviewen_US
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