Aspiration for global cultural capital in the stratified realm of global higher education: Why do Korean students go to US graduate schools?

British Journal of Sociology of Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 109-126

  Kim, Jongyoung ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Global cultural capital; Global hegemony of us universities; Global positional competition; Korean student; Research university; Us graduate school

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751623979     PISSN: 01425692     EISSN: 14653346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01425692.2011.527725     Document Type: Article

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