Feeding the elite: The evolution of elite pathways from star high schools to elite universities

Higher Education Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-30

  LeTendre, Gerald K ^a   Gonzalez, Roger Geertz ^b   Nomi, Takako ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elite access; Feeder schools; Higher education; Japan; USA

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644915576     PISSN: 09528733     EISSN: 17403863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.hep.8300108     Document Type: Article

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