Organization by design: Supply- and demand-side models of mathematics course taking

Sociology of Education

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-343

  McFarland, Daniel A ^a   Rodan, Simon ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70749103821     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003804070908200402     Document Type: Article

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