Erratum to: Elite Higher Education Admissions in the Arts and Sciences: Is Cultural Capital the Key?(Sociology, 44, 6(1229), DOI: 10.1177/0038038509105413);Elite higher education admissions in the arts and sciences: Is cultural capital the key?

Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 648-666

  Zimdars, Anna ^a   Sullivan, Alice ^b   Heath, Anthony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; Cultural knowledge; Higher education admission; Private schools; Quantitative methods; Selective education; Social stratification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349210891     PISSN: 00380385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038038510387570     Document Type: Erratum

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