Potholes on the Road to College: High School Effects in Shaping Urban Students' Participation in College Application, Four-Year College Enrollment, and College Match

Sociology of Education

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-211

  Roderick, Melissa ^a   Coca, Vanessa ^b   Nagaoka, Jenny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

capital s.; college access; college match; college going culture; urban high schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959565254     PISSN: 00380407     EISSN: 19398573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0038040711411280     Document Type: Article

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