From the ghetto to the ivory tower: Gendered effects of segregation on elite-college completion

Social Science Quarterly

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1392-1414

  Ehrmann, Nicholas ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 35948932583     PISSN: 00384941     EISSN: 15406237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6237.2007.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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