Accounting for socioeconomic differences in delaying the transition to college

Review of Higher Education

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 423-445

  Goldrick Rab, Sara ^a   Han, Seong Won ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 79952549024     PISSN: 01625748     EISSN: 10907009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/rhe.2011.0013     Document Type: Article

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