Structuring access to higher education: The role of differentiation and privatization

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-75

  Roksa, Josipa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Higher education; Privatization; Stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149085268     PISSN: 02765624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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