The academic ethic and college grades: Does hard work help students to "make the grade"?

Sociology of Education

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 19-38

  Rau, William ^a   Durand, Ann ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/2673197     Document Type: Article

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