Local justice in the allocation of college admissions: A statistical study of beliefs versus practice

Social Justice Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-258

  Conley, Patricia ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College admission; Consistency; Discretion; Judgment; Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142114093     PISSN: 08857466     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02197250     Document Type: Article

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