Access to and Opportunity in Postsecondary Education in the United States: A Review

Sociology of Education

Volumn , Issue SUPPL., 1996, Pages 82-101

  Baker, Therese L ^a   Vélez, William ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 0347419741     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3108457     Document Type: Review

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