The link between educational expectations and effort in the college-for-all era

Sociology of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 93-112

  Domina, Thurston ^a   Conley, AnneMarie ^a   Farkas, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

college access; effort; expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955106059     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1941406411401808     Document Type: Article

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