Real and imagined barriers to college entry: Perceptions of cost

Social Science Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 745-766

  Grodsky, Eric ^a   Jones, Melanie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College choice; Information; Race ethnicity; Social stratification; Sociology of education

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147107529     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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