Those who choose and those who don't: Social background and college orientation

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 627, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 14-35

  Grodsky, Eric ^a   Riegle Crumb, Catherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural capital; K 12 schooling; Social traits; Sociocultural

Indexed keywords

EID: 76449088339     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716209348732     Document Type: Article

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