Access to what? Mission differentiation and academic stratification in U.S. public higher education

Higher Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 341-359

  Bastedo, Michael N ^a   Gumport, Patricia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Differentiation; Diversity; Policy; Public colleges; Stratification; System

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642501826     PISSN: 00181560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025374011204     Document Type: Article

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