Social class and belonging: Implications for college adjustment

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 363-389

  Ostrove, Joan M ^a   Long, Susan M ^b  

^a MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 34547313078     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2007.0028     Document Type: Review

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