Minority Talent Loss and the Texas Top 10 Percent Law*
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Minority Talent Loss and the Texas Top 10% Law.
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عنوان ژورنال: Social Science Quarterly
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0038-4941,1540-6237
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2008.00586.x