College rankings: Democratized college knowledge for whom?

Research in Higher Education

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 513-537

  McDonough, Patricia M ^a   Antonio, Anthony Lising ^b   Walpole, MaryBeth ^b   Pérez, Leonor Xóchitl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0032187299     PISSN: 03610365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018797521946     Document Type: Article

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