The role of college counseling in shaping college opportunity: Variations across high schools

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-159

  Perna, Laura W ^a   Rowan Kenyon, Heather T ^b   Thomas, Scott L ^c   Bell, Angela ^c   Anderson, Robert ^d   Li, Chunyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

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EID: 38049186897     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2007.0073     Document Type: Article

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