Elite college discrimination and the limits of conflict theory

Harvard Educational Review

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 507-525

  Farnum, Richard ^a  

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EID: 0040955114     PISSN: 00178055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17763/haer.67.3.l358094566882773     Document Type: Article

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