Social capital and educational attainment: A study of undergraduates in a faculty of education

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 24-39

  Etcheverry, Emily ^a   Clifton, Rodney A ^a   Roberts, Lance W ^a  

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